Perturbations of the denatured state ensemble: Modeling their effects on protein stability and folding kinetics

Protein Science

Volumn 5, Issue 11, 1996, Pages 2343-2352

  Wrabl, James O ^a   Shortle, David ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

denatured states; double mutants; folding intermediates; non additivity; protein folding; protein stability

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HYDROPHOBICITY; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN DENATURATION; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN STABILITY; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS;

EID: 0029806946     PISSN: 09618368     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pro.5560051121     Document Type: Article

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