Protein Folding Research: Proceedings of 24th Taniguchi International Biophysics Symposium, Kisarazu 1999 (International Congress Series) - Essential for Biochemistry Researchers & Molecular Biology Studies

Hardbound. Elucidation of protein folding mechanisms is a fundamental problem of molecular biological physics. During the last several years, remarkable advances have been made in this field. Experimentally, folding intermediates have been characterized in detail using various new techniques, and certain small proteins are found to fold in a two-state manner. Theoretical studies of simple model proteins have put forward new ideas of folding, and recent progress in computational techniques has made unfolding/folding simulations very realistic. These advances have allowed us to describe the protein folding in a precise manner, but our questions of how a protein folds into its specific native structure have become more hotly debated. "Old views" are often being challenged by "new views." We have reached a very exciting stage of the protein folding studies, and combination of the experimental and theoretical studies is indispensable for further clarification