Following protein folding in real time using NMR spectroscopy

Nature Structural Biology

Volumn 2, Issue 10, 1995, Pages 865-870

  Balbach, Jochen ^a   Forge, Vincent ^a   Van Nuland, Nico A J ^a   Winder, Steve L ^a   Hore, Peter J ^a   Dobson, Christopher M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA LACTALBUMIN;

ARTICLE; CALCIUM BINDING; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; KINETICS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DENATURATION; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; PROTEIN TERTIARY STRUCTURE; PROTON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; SPECTROFLUOROMETRY;

CIRCULAR DICHROISM; LACTALBUMIN; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; MODELS, MOLECULAR; PROTEIN DENATURATION; PROTEIN FOLDING; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0029123975     PISSN: 10728368     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nsb1095-865     Document Type: Article

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