Thermal unfolding in a GCN4-like leucine zipper: 13C(α) NMR chemical shifts and local unfolding curves

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 73, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 1031-1041

  Holtzer, Marilyn Emerson ^a   Lovett, Eva G ^a   D'Avignon, D André ^a   Holtzer, Alfred ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LEUCINE;

ARTICLE; CARBON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; NONHUMAN; PEPTIDE SYNTHESIS; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN FOLDING; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; THERMAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0030872054     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3495(97)78136-0     Document Type: Article

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