Kinetic role of early intermediates in protein folding

Current Opinion in Structural Biology

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 15-28

  Roder, Heinrich ^a,b   Colón, Wilfredo ^a  

^a FOX CHASE CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMIDE; PROTEIN; SOLVENT; UBIQUITIN;

DISULFIDE BOND; FLUORESCENCE; HYDROGEN BOND; KINETICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN DENATURATION; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; REVIEW; SPECTROSCOPY;

EID: 0031055942     PISSN: 0959440X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0959-440X(97)80004-8     Document Type: Article

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