Unravelling the design principles for single protein mechanical strength

Current Opinion in Structural Biology

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 508-517

  Crampton, Neal ^a   Brockwell, David J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMATERIAL; POLYPROTEIN; PROTEIN DERIVATIVE; SCAFFOLD PROTEIN; STRUCTURAL PROTEIN;

ALPHA HELIX; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; BINDING SITE; BIOSENSOR; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CATALYSIS; ENTROPY; HYDRODYNAMICS; HYDROPHOBICITY; LIGAND BINDING; MECHANICAL STRESS; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN CROSS LINKING; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN ENGINEERING; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN PROCESSING; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE; PROTEIN STABILITY; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; REVIEW; SHEAR STRESS; SOLVATION; THERMOSTABILITY;

ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICS; ENTROPY; HUMANS; HYDROPHOBIC AND HYDROPHILIC INTERACTIONS; PROTEIN ENGINEERING; PROTEINS; SOLVENTS;

EID: 77955983405     PISSN: 0959440X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sbi.2010.05.005     Document Type: Review

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