How general is the nucleation-condensation mechanism?

Proteins: Structure, Function and Genetics

Volumn 73, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 754-764

  Nölting, Bengt ^a   Agard, David A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Phi value analysis; Protein folding

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; HYDROPHOBICITY; POLYMERIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; PROTEIN TERTIARY STRUCTURE;

MODELS, CHEMICAL; MUTANT PROTEINS; MUTATION; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; PROTEINS;

EID: 57349086032     PISSN: 08873585     EISSN: 10970134     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/prot.22099     Document Type: Article

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