Evolution, energy landscapes and the paradoxes of protein folding

Biochimie

Volumn 119, Issue , 2015, Pages 218-230

  Wolynes, Peter G ^a  

^a RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Folding landscape; Natural selection; Structure prediction

Indexed keywords

COEVOLUTION; DNA STRUCTURE; FAMILY; FRUSTRATION; GENOMICS; LANDSCAPE; PHYSICS; PREDICTION; PROTEIN FOLDING; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE STUDY; THEORETICAL MODEL; ANIMAL; CHEMICAL PHENOMENA; ENERGY METABOLISM; ENTROPY; HUMAN; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MOLECULAR MODEL; PROCEDURES; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN ENGINEERING; TRENDS;

ANIMALS; CHEMICAL PHENOMENA; ENERGY METABOLISM; ENTROPY; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; HUMANS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN ENGINEERING; PROTEIN FOLDING;

EID: 84949981175     PISSN: 03009084     EISSN: 61831638     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biochi.2014.12.007     Document Type: Review

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