Formation of protein complexes in crowded environments-From in vitro to in vivo

FEBS Letters

Volumn 587, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 1046-1052

  Phillip, Yael ^a   Schreiber, Gideon ^a  

^a WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Israel)

Author keywords

Association rate; Complex stability; Macromolecular crowding; Protein protein interaction

Indexed keywords

POLYMER; PROTEIN COMPLEX; PROTEIN DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BIOCHEMISTRY; CELL METABOLISM; COMPLEX FORMATION; DIFFUSION; DIMERIZATION; HUMAN; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN SUBUNIT; REVIEW; SIMULATION;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIFFUSION; HUMANS; INTRACELLULAR SPACE; MACROMOLECULAR SUBSTANCES; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MODELS, CHEMICAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEINS; SOLUTIONS;

EID: 84876062242     PISSN: 00145793     EISSN: 18733468     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.febslet.2013.01.007     Document Type: Review

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