Folding landscapes of ankyrin repeat proteins: experiments meet theory

Current Opinion in Structural Biology

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 27-34

  Barrick, Doug ^a   Ferreiro, Diego U ^b   Komives, Elizabeth A ^b  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANKYRIN; GLOBULAR PROTEIN;

CONSENSUS SEQUENCE; ENERGY; KINETICS; MUTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN STABILITY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; REVIEW;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ANKYRIN REPEAT; ANKYRINS; CONSENSUS SEQUENCE; HUMANS; KINETICS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEINS;

EUKARYOTA;

EID: 39149097794     PISSN: 0959440X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sbi.2007.12.004     Document Type: Review

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