Universal distribution of protein evolution rates as a consequence of protein folding physics

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 107, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 2983-2988

  Lobkovsky, Alexander E ^a   Wolf, Yuri I ^a   Koonin, Eugene V ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Common structure networks; Correct folding probability; Evolutionary rate distribution; Network average evolution rate; Off lattice models

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; EVOLUTIONARY RATE; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MOLECULAR MODEL; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE;

BIOPHYSICS; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; MARKOV CHAINS; MODELS, GENETIC; MUTATION; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEINS;

EID: 77649250720     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0910445107     Document Type: Article

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