Prebiotic protein design supports a halophile origin of foldable proteins

Frontiers in Microbiology

Volumn 4, Issue JAN, 2013, Pages

  Longo, Liam M ^a   Blaber, Michael ^a  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Abiogenesis; Halophile; Prebiotic; Protein folding; Proteogenesis

Indexed keywords

PREBIOTIC AGENT; TREFOIL PEPTIDE;

AMINO ACID COMPOSITION; BIOGENESIS; DENATURATION; HALOPHILE; HYDROPHOBICITY; NOTE; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN TERTIARY STRUCTURE; PROTON RADIATION;

EID: 84893671170     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1664302X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2013.00418     Document Type: Note

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