Contrasting roles for symmetrically disposed β-turns in the folding of a small protein

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 274, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 588-596

  Gu, Hongdi ^a   Kim, David ^a   Baker, David ^a  

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

Author keywords

Combinatorial mutagenesis; Phage display; Protein folding kinetics; Protein L; turns

Indexed keywords

ALANINE; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; GLYCINE; MUTANT PROTEIN; PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; KINETICS; NONHUMAN; PEPTOSTREPTOCOCCUS; PHAGE DISPLAY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN STABILITY; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS; THERMODYNAMICS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); PEPTOSTREPTOCOCCUS;

EID: 0031565981     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmbi.1997.1374     Document Type: Article

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