Morphogenesis of a protein: Folding pathways and the energy landscape

Biochemical Society Transactions

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 429-432

  Brunori, Maurizio ^a   Gianni, Stefano ^a   Giri, Rajanish ^a   Morrone, Angela ^a   Travaglini Allocatelli, Carlo ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

Energy landscape; Folding pathway; PDZ domain; Polypeptide; Transition state

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ENERGY TRANSFER; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MORPHOGENESIS; PDZ DOMAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN ENGINEERING; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; HUMANS; KINETICS; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEINS; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 84859311965     PISSN: 03005127     EISSN: 14708752     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1042/BST20110683     Document Type: Review

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