Thermodynamic hierarchy and local energetics of folded proteins

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 267, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 198-206

  Qian, Hong ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Conformational substates; Denaturation; Folding; Hydrogen exchange; Two state model

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENERGY TRANSFER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN DENATURATION; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 0031582071     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmbi.1996.0839     Document Type: Article

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