Refolding and unfolding kinetics of the equilibrium folding intermediate of apomyoglobin

Nature Structural Biology

Volumn 3, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 613-618

  Jamin, Marc ^a   Baldwin, Robert L ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MYOGLOBIN;

ARTICLE; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN FOLDING;

APOPROTEINS; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; FLUORESCENCE; KINETICS; MYOGLOBIN; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN FOLDING; TIME FACTORS; UREA;

EID: 0029904282     PISSN: 10728368     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nsb0796-613     Document Type: Article

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