Molecular mechanisms for cooperative folding of proteins

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 277, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 973-983

  Hao, Ming Hong ^a   Scheraga, Harold A ^a  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

Conformational entropy and energy; Cooperative folding; Free energy; Protein models

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ENERGY; MODEL; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN FOLDING; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 0032502803     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmbi.1998.1658     Document Type: Article

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