Chaperone-assisted protein folding: The path to discovery from a personal perspective

Nature Medicine

Volumn 17, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 1206-1210

  Hartl, F Ulrich ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF BIOCHEMISTRY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE DIPHOSPHATE; ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; ALPHA LACTALBUMIN; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CHAPERONE; CHAPERONIN; HEAT SHOCK PROTEIN 60; HEAT SHOCK PROTEIN 70; POLYPEPTIDE; PROTEIN; PROTEIN DNAJ; PROTEIN DNAK;

AGING; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; HUMAN; MOLECULAR MODEL; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; NOTE; PARKINSON DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN PROCESSING; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE;

AWARDS AND PRIZES; CHAPERONIN 60; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MODELS, MOLECULAR; PROTEIN FOLDING;

EID: 80053952650     PISSN: 10788956     EISSN: 1546170X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nm.2467     Document Type: Note

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