Modulating membrane protein stability and association by design

Current Opinion in Structural Biology

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 460-466

  Barth, Patrick ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MEMBRANE PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; HUMAN; MOLECULAR RECOGNITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN ENGINEERING; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN STABILITY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; REVIEW; TRANSMEMBRANE HELICAL;

ANIMALS; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; HUMANS; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PROTEIN ENGINEERING; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 34548854253     PISSN: 0959440X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sbi.2007.08.006     Document Type: Review

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