Small-molecule catalysts of oxidative protein folding

Current Opinion in Chemical Biology

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 740-745

  Lees, Watson J ^a  

^a FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN DISULFIDE ISOMERASE; RIBONUCLEASE A;

CATALYST; DISULFIDE BOND; EUKARYOTE; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; OXIDATION; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; REVIEW;

CATALYSIS; DISULFIDES; DRUG DESIGN; HUMANS; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; PROTEIN FOLDING; SMALL MOLECULE LIBRARIES;

EUKARYOTA;

EID: 57549117463     PISSN: 13675931     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpa.2008.08.032     Document Type: Review

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