Folding and stability of a fibronectin type III domain of human tenascin

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 270, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 771-778

  Clarke, Jane ^a   Hamill, Stefan J ^a   Johnson, Christopher M ^a  

^a MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Fibronectin type III; Immunoglobulin; Protein folding; Stability; Tenascin

Indexed keywords

FIBRONECTIN; SCLEROPROTEIN; TENASCIN;

ARTICLE; KINETICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DENATURATION; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN STABILITY;

EID: 0031214818     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmbi.1997.1147     Document Type: Article

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