A residue-specific NMR view of the non-cooperative unfolding of a molten globule

Nature Structural Biology

Volumn 4, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 630-634

  Schulman, Brenda A ^a   Kim, Peter S ^a   Dobson, Christopher M ^b   Redfield, Christina ^b  

^a HOWARD HUGHES MEDICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA LACTALBUMIN; GLOBULAR PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; MOLECULAR MODEL; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DENATURATION; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE;

CIRCULAR DICHROISM; HUMANS; LACTALBUMIN; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; MODELS, CHEMICAL; MODELS, MOLECULAR; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN DENATURATION; PROTEIN FOLDING; UREA;

EID: 0030768045     PISSN: 10728368     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nsb0897-630     Document Type: Article

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