Probing minimal independent folding units in dihydrofolate reductase by molecular dissection

Protein Science

Volumn 6, Issue 9, 1997, Pages 1885-1892

  Gegg, Colin V ^a,b   Bowers, Katherine E ^a   Matthews, C Robert ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b AMGEN INC   (United States)

Author keywords

Autonomous folding units; CD; Chemical cleavage; Fluorescence; Protein folding; Protein fragments

Indexed keywords

DIHYDROFOLATE REDUCTASE;

ARTICLE; DISSECTION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MOLECULAR CLONING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE; PROTEIN TERTIARY STRUCTURE; STOICHIOMETRY; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 0030755307     PISSN: 09618368     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pro.5560060909     Document Type: Article

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