Dynamic new world: Refining our view of protein structure, function and evolution

Proteomes

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 128-153

  Mannige, Ranjan V ^a  

^a LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Evolution; Function; Intrinsically disordered; Promiscuity; Protein dynamism; Structure

Indexed keywords

EID: 84983346463     PISSN: None     EISSN: 22277382     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/proteomes2010128     Document Type: Review

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