Following co-operative formation of secondary and tertiary structure in a single protein module

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 268, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 185-197

  Neira, José L ^a   Itzhaki, Laura S ^a   Ladurner, Andreas G ^a   Davis, Ben ^a   De Prat Gay, Gonzalo ^a   Fersht, Alan R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Folding pathway; Nascent polypeptide chain; NMR; Phi value; Protein folding

Indexed keywords

CHYMOTRYPSIN INHIBITOR; GLYCINE; PEPTIDE FRAGMENT;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; CONTROLLED STUDY; FLUORESCENCE; GEL FILTRATION; HYDROPHOBICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE; PROTEIN STABILITY; PROTEIN TERTIARY STRUCTURE; PROTON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE;

EID: 0031585993     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmbi.1997.0932     Document Type: Article

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