Predicting the conformations of peptides and proteins in early evolution. A review article submitted to Biology Direct

Biology Direct

Volumn 3, Issue , 2008, Pages

  James, E James ^a   Russell, Michael J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PEPTIDE; PROTEIN;

ANIMAL; BIOGENESIS; CHEMISTRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; GENETICS; HUMAN; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; BIOGENESIS; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; HUMANS; PEPTIDES; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEINS;

EID: 39349107507     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17456150     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1745-6150-3-3     Document Type: Review

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