Protein folding and protein evolution: Common folding nucleus in different subfamilies of c-type cytochromes?

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 278, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 655-666

  Ptitsyn, Oleg B ^a,b,c  

^a NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b INSTITUTE OF PROTEIN RESEARCH   (Russian Federation)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Cytochromes c; Folding nucleation; Protein folding; Transition state structure

Indexed keywords

CYTOCHROME C; PROTEIN;

ALPHA HELIX; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; EVOLUTION; GENETIC CONSERVATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FAMILY; PROTEIN FOLDING; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); EQUUS CABALLUS; EUKARYOTA;

EID: 0032496419     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmbi.1997.1620     Document Type: Article

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