A desolvation barrier to hydrophobic cluster formation may contribute to the rate-limiting step in protein folding

Protein Science

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 347-354

  Rank, Jeffrey A ^a   Baker, David ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

hydrophobic interaction; potential of mean force; protein folding

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL REACTION KINETICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIMERIZATION; HYDROPHOBICITY; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FOLDING; SOLVATION;

EID: 0031052147     PISSN: 09618368     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pro.5560060210     Document Type: Article

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