Compacting proteins: Pros and cons of osmolyte-induced folding

Current Protein and Peptide Science

Volumn 11, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 744-751

  Melo, Eduardo P ^a,b   Estrela, Nídia ^a,b   Lopes, Carlos ^a   Matias, Ana C ^a   Tavares, Evandro ^a   Ochoa Mendes, Vanessa ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALGARVE   (Portugal)

^b INSTITUTO SUPERIOR TÉCNICO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Osmolytes; Protein aggregation; Protein folding; Protein stability

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN; SOLVENT;

ARTICLE; PROTEIN AGGREGATION; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN ENGINEERING; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN STABILITY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE;

KINETICS; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN DENATURATION; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEINS;

EID: 79951728885     PISSN: 13892037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/138920310794557727     Document Type: Article

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