An introduction to membrane proteins

Journal of Proteome Research

Volumn 10, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 3324-3331

  Hedin, Linnea E ^a   Illergård, Kristoffer ^a   Elofsson, Arne ^a  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

bioinformatics; membrane proteins; protein biogenesis; protein evolution; protein structure; translocon insertion

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; MEMBRANE PROTEIN;

ALPHA HELIX; ARTICLE; BIOGENESIS; BIOINFORMATICS; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN STABILITY;

CELL MEMBRANE; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN FOLDING;

EID: 79961226780     PISSN: 15353893     EISSN: 15353907     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/pr200145a     Document Type: Article

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