A lysozyme folding intermediate revealed by solution X-ray scattering

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 261, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 658-671

  Chen, Lingling ^a   Hodgson, Keith O ^a,b   Doniach, Sebastian ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SLAC NATIONAL ACCELERATOR LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Folding intermediate; Lysozyme; Protein folding; Singular value decomposition; X ray solution scattering

Indexed keywords

LYSOZYME; UREA;

ARTICLE; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; ENZYME DENATURATION; ENZYME STRUCTURE; MODEL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FOLDING; RADIATION SCATTERING; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 0030572626     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmbi.1996.0491     Document Type: Article

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