How do chaperonins fold protein?

Biophysics (Japan)

Volumn 11, Issue , 2015, Pages 93-102

  Motojima, Fumihiro ^a  

^a KYOTO SANGYO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

GroEL; Hydrophobic interaction; Molecular chaperone; Protein folding

Indexed keywords

EID: 84936855220     PISSN: None     EISSN: 13492942     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2142/biophysics.11.93     Document Type: Review

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