Stability of the dystrophin rod domain fold: Evidence for nested repeating units

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 71, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 1605-1610

  Calvert, Rosaleen ^a   Kahana, Edith ^a,b   Gratzer, W B ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b TEL AVIV SOURASKY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DYSTROPHIN;

ARTICLE; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN STABILITY; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 0029758344     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3495(96)79363-3     Document Type: Article

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