Folding by numbers: Primary sequence statistics and their use in studying protein folding

International Journal of Molecular Sciences

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 1567-1589

  Wathen, Brent ^a   Jia, Zongchao ^a  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Primary sequence; Protein folding; Sequence structure relationship

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; HYDROPHOBICITY; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; PROTEIN TERTIARY STRUCTURE; REVIEW; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

PRIMARY SEQUENCE; PROTEIN FOLDING; SEQUENCE-STRUCTURE RELATIONSHIP;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; HYDROPHOBIC AND HYDROPHILIC INTERACTIONS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; PROTEINS;

EID: 67149096041     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14220067     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/ijms10041567     Document Type: Review

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