Kinetic modelling indicates that fast-translating codons can coordinate cotranslational protein folding by avoiding misfolded intermediates

Nature Communications

Volumn 5, Issue , 2014, Pages

  O'brien, Edward P ^a   Vendruscolo, Michele ^a   Dobson, Christopher M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN; CODON;

KINETIC ENERGY; PROBABILITY; PROTEIN; REACTION KINETICS;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL REACTION KINETICS; CODON; IN VITRO STUDY; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN PROCESSING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; HUMAN; KINETICS; METABOLISM; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; PROTEIN TERTIARY STRUCTURE; RIBOSOME;

CODON; HUMANS; KINETICS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; PROTEIN BIOSYNTHESIS; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; PROTEINS; RIBOSOMES;

EID: 84891871414     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms3988     Document Type: Article

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