Conformational states bound by the molecular chaperones GroEL and SecB: A hidden unfolding (annealing) activity

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 261, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 43-61

  Zahn, Ralph ^a   Perrett, Sarah ^a   Fersht, Alan R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Amide proton exchange; Barnase; EX1 mechanism; NMR; Protein folding

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ENZYME; CHAPERONE; CHAPERONIN; DEUTERIUM; HYDROGEN;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL REACTION KINETICS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISSOCIATION CONSTANT; ESCHERICHIA COLI; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FOLDING;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 0030576536     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmbi.1996.0440     Document Type: Article

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