Function and structure of inherently disordered proteins

Current Opinion in Structural Biology

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 756-764

  Dunker, A Keith ^a   Silman, Israel ^b   Uversky, Vladimir N ^a,c,d   Sussman, Joel L ^b  

^a Indiana University   (United States)

^b WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Israel)

^c INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d INSTITUTE FOR BIOLOGICAL INSTRUMENTATION   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NEUROLIGIN; SYNUCLEIN;

ALTERNATIVE RNA SPLICING; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BIOINFORMATICS; EUKARYOTE; HUMAN; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROKARYOTE; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN PROCESSING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION;

ANIMALS; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; DISEASE; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; HUMANS; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEINS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, PROTEIN; STRUCTURE-ACTIVITY RELATIONSHIP;

EUKARYOTA; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 57049095821     PISSN: 0959440X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sbi.2008.10.002     Document Type: Review

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