Knotting pathways in proteins

Biochemical Society Transactions

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 523-527

  Sulkowska, Joanna I ^a,b,c   Noel, Jeffrey K ^d,e   Ramírez Sarmiento, César A ^b,c   Rawdon, Eric J ^d   Millett, Kenneth C ^e   Onuchic, José N ^a,c,e,f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARSAW   (Poland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ST THOMAS   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Artificial knot; Chaperone; Free energy landscape; Knotted protein; Protein folding; Slipknotted protein

Indexed keywords

UBIQUITIN THIOLESTERASE;

GENE FUSION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN KNOTTING; PROTEIN UNFOLDING; REVIEW; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY;

ANIMALS; HUMANS; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN ENGINEERING; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEINS; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 84875386466     PISSN: 03005127     EISSN: 14708752     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1042/BST20120342     Document Type: Review

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