Exploring the top of the protein folding funnel by experiment

Current Opinion in Structural Biology

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 30-35

  Lapidus, Lisa J ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN; PRION PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ENTROPY; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN AGGREGATION; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN DENATURATION; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; REVIEW; SIMULATION; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS;

KINETICS; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEINS;

EID: 84873523891     PISSN: 0959440X     EISSN: 1879033X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sbi.2012.10.003     Document Type: Review

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