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Microfluidic Mixers for Studying Protein Folding
Published on: April 10, 2012
What lessons can be learned from studying the folding of homologous proteins?
Adrian A Nickson1, Jane Clarke
1University of Cambridge, Department of Chemistry, MRC Centre for Protein Engineering, Lensfield Road, Cambridge CB2 1EW, UK.
Abstract:
The studies of the folding of structurally related proteins have proved to be a very important tool for investigating protein folding. Here we review some of the insights that have been gained from such studies. Our highlighted studies show just how such an investigation should be designed and emphasise the importance of the synergy between experiment and theory. We also stress the importance of choosing the right system carefully, exploiting the excellent structural and sequence databases at our disposal.
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