Denaturants can accelerate folding rates in a class of globular proteins

Protein Science

Volumn 5, Issue 9, 1996, Pages 1826-1832

  Camacho, Carlos J ^a   Thirumalai, D ^b  

^a PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE CHILE   (Chile)

^b Bldg 142   (United States)

Author keywords

denaturants; energy landscape; folding rates; lattice model

Indexed keywords

GLOBULAR PROTEIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; COMPLEX FORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE REARRANGEMENT; HYDROPHOBICITY; ISOMERISM; MOLECULAR RECOGNITION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN DENATURATION; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN STABILITY; SYSTEM ANALYSIS;

EID: 0029786704     PISSN: 09618368     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pro.5560050908     Document Type: Article

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