Self-organization and regulation of intrinsically disordered proteins with folded N-termini.
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SUBMITTER: Simister PC
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3039663 | biostudies-literature | 2011 Feb
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Self-organization and regulation of intrinsically disordered proteins with folded N-termini.
Simister Philip C PC Schaper Fred F O'Reilly Nicola N McGowan Simon S Feller Stephan M SM
PLoS biology 20110215 2
How do mostly disordered proteins coordinate the specific assembly of very large signal transduction protein complexes? A newly emerging hypothesis may provide some clues towards a molecular mechanism. ...[more]
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