How the "Melting" and "Freezing" of protein molecules may be used in cell signaling

ACS Chemical Biology

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 89-91

  Bray, Dennis ^a   Williams, Dudley ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b Department of Chemistry ^*  (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LEUCINE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL TRANSLOCATION; CHEMOTAXIS; ENTHALPY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; LIGAND BINDING; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN AGGREGATION; PROTEIN MODIFICATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; PROTEOMICS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; THERMODYNAMICS;

CHEMORECEPTORS; CHEMOTACTIC FACTORS; CHEMOTAXIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; LIGANDS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 41049095848     PISSN: 15548929     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/cb800024g     Document Type: Article

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