Evidence for barrier-limited protein folding kinetics on the microsecond time scale

Nature Structural Biology

Volumn 5, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 385-392

  Shastry, M C Ramachandra ^a   Roder, Heinrich ^a,b  

^a FOX CHASE CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYTOCHROME C; TRYPTOPHAN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BINDING KINETICS; ENZYME KINETICS; HORSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; REACTION ANALYSIS; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE;

ANIMALS; CYTOCHROME C GROUP; ENERGY METABOLISM; HEME; HORSES; IMIDAZOLES; KINETICS; LIGANDS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; PROTEIN FOLDING; SPECTROMETRY, FLUORESCENCE; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 0031919973     PISSN: 10728368     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nsb0598-385     Document Type: Article

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