An NMR study on the β-hairpin region of barnase

Folding and Design

Volumn 1, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 231-241

  Neira, José L ^a   Fersht, Alan R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Nucleation site; Protein folding; Tertiary interactions; Unfolded states

Indexed keywords

BACILLUS AMYLOLIQUEFACIENS RIBONUCLEASE; PEPTIDE FRAGMENT; RIBONUCLEASE; UREA;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; GENETICS; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN DENATURATION; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE; THERMODYNAMICS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PEPTIDE FRAGMENTS; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN DENATURATION; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; RIBONUCLEASES; THERMODYNAMICS; UREA;

EID: 0030342726     PISSN: 13590278     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1359-0278(96)00034-X     Document Type: Article

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