Structure and dynamics of a designed helix-loop-helix dimer in dilute aqueous trifluoroethanol solution. a strategy for NMR spectroscopic structure determination of molten globules in the rational design of native-like proteins

Folding and Design

Volumn 1, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 347-356

  Olofsson, Susanne ^a   Baltzer, Lars ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Helix loop helix dinner; Molten globule; NMR spectroscopy; Rational design

Indexed keywords

HELIX LOOP HELIX PROTEIN; PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; METHODOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN TERTIARY STRUCTURE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; HELIX-LOOP-HELIX MOTIFS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; PROTEINS;

EID: 0030320320     PISSN: 13590278     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1359-0278(96)00050-8     Document Type: Article

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