Kinetics and thermodynamics of folding of a de novo designed four-helix bundle protein

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 263, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 323-343

  Guo, Z ^a   Thirumalai, D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Iterative design; Kinetic partitioning mechanisms (KPM); Native conformation nucleation collapse (NCNC)

Indexed keywords

CARBON; GLOBULAR PROTEIN; PEPTIDE;

ARTICLE; KINETICS; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; MOLECULAR MODEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN DENATURATION; PROTEIN FOLDING; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 0030601851     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmbi.1996.0578     Document Type: Article

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