Polyubiquitin chain assembly and organization determine the dynamics of protein activation and degradation

Frontiers in Physiology

Volumn 5 JAN, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Nguyen, Lan K ^a   Dobrzyński, Maciej ^a   Fey, Dirk ^a   Kholodenko, Boris N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Bistability; Oscillations; Polyubiquitin chain; Protein degradation; Protein lifetime; Ubiquitin; Ubiquitination dynamics

Indexed keywords

EID: 84893519818     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1664042X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fphys.2014.00004     Document Type: Article

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