Protein folding funnels: The nature of the transition state ensemble

Folding and Design

Volumn 1, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 441-450

  Onuchic, José Nelson ^a   Socci, Nicholas D ^a   Luthey Schulten, Zaida ^b   Wolynes, Peter G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Delocalized nucleus; Denaturant lattice simulations; Linear free energy relations; Protein folding funnel; Transition state ensemble

Indexed keywords

CYTOCHROME C;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; HUMAN; INFANT; PROTEIN FOLDING;

ANIMALS; CYTOCHROME C GROUP; HUMANS; INFANT; PROTEIN FOLDING;

EID: 0030322669     PISSN: 13590278     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1359-0278(96)00060-0     Document Type: Article

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