A comparison of the folding kinetics and thermodynamics of two homologous fibronectin type III modules

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 270, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 763-770

  Plaxco, Kevin W ^a,b   Spitzfaden, Claus ^a,c   Campbell, Iain D ^a   Dobson, Christopher M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

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

^c GLAXOSMITHKLINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Fibronectin type III; Proline isomerization; Protein folding; Stability

Indexed keywords

FIBRONECTIN; PROLINE;

ARTICLE; ISOMERISM; KINETICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN STABILITY; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 0031214363     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmbi.1997.1148     Document Type: Article

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