Protein folding and misfolding: Mechanism and principles

Quarterly Reviews of Biophysics

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 287-326

  Englander, S Walter ^a,c   Mayne, Leland ^a   Krishna, Mallela M G ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APOMYOGLOBIN; LYSOZYME; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; PROTEIN; RIBONUCLEASE H; TRIOSEPHOSPHATE ISOMERASE; TRYPTOPHAN SYNTHASE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ISOMERIZATION; KINETICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN STABILITY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; PROTON TRANSPORT; REVIEW;

MODELS, MOLECULAR; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEINS;

EID: 42449151176     PISSN: 00335835     EISSN: 14698994     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0033583508004654     Document Type: Review

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