Structural and dynamic characterization of partially folded states of apomyoglobin and implications for protein folding

Nature Structural Biology

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 148-155

  Eliezer, David ^a   Yao, Jian ^a   Jane Dyson, H ^a   Wright, Peter E ^a  

^a SCRIPPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APOMYOGLOBIN; APOPROTEIN; HOLOPROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE; REVIEW; SPECTROSCOPY; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; WHALE;

ANIMALIA; CETACEA;

EID: 0031932824     PISSN: 10728368     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nsb0298-148     Document Type: Review

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