Folding kinetics of Che Y mutants with enhanced native α-helix propensities

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 266, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 610-620

  López Hernández, Eva ^a   Cronet, Philippe ^a   Serrano, Luis ^a   Muñoz, Victor ^a  

^a EUROPEAN MOLECULAR BIOLOGY LABORATORY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Energy landscape; Kinetics; Local interactions; Protein folding; Secondary structure propensities

Indexed keywords

MUTANT PROTEIN;

ALPHA HELIX; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; KINETICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN DENATURATION; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 0031588693     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmbi.1996.0793     Document Type: Article

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