Theory of kinetic partitioning in protein folding with possible applications to prions

Proteins: Structure, Function and Genetics

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 335-344

  Abkevich, V I ^a   Gutin, A M ^a   Shakhnovich, E I ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Conformational transition; Lattice simulation; Protein folding

Indexed keywords

PRION PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN FOLDING;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HUMANS; KINETICS; MODELS, CHEMICAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PEPTIDES; PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATOR INHIBITOR 1; PRIONS; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN FOLDING; PRPC PROTEINS; PRPSC PROTEINS; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 0032101278     PISSN: 08873585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0134(19980601)31:4<335::AID-PROT1>3.0.CO;2-H     Document Type: Article

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