Dynamics and unfolding pathways of a hyperthermophilic and a mesophilic rubredoxin

Protein Science

Volumn 6, Issue 12, 1997, Pages 2589-2605

  Lazaridis, Themis ^a   Lee, Irwin ^a   Karplus, Martin ^a,b  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE STRASBOURG   (France)

Author keywords

Flexibility; Hyperthermostability; Molecular dynamics; Rubredoxin; Unfolding pathways

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; RUBREDOXIN;

ARCHAEBACTERIUM; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; DESULFOVIBRIO; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FOLDING; SIMULATION; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE; THERMOSTABILITY;

ARCHAEA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); DESULFOVIBRIO; DESULFOVIBRIO VULGARIS; PYROCOCCUS FURIOSUS;

EID: 0031467464     PISSN: 09618368     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pro.5560061211     Document Type: Article

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