Native tertiary structure in an A-state

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 275, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 379-388

  Marmorino, Jennifer L ^a   Lehti, Melissa ^a   Pielak, Gary J ^a  

^a University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

Author keywords

Circular dichroism; Cytochrome c; Molten globule; Protein folding; Protein stability

Indexed keywords

CYTOCHROME C; SULFATE;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; NONHUMAN; PH; POLARIMETRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DENATURATION; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN STABILITY; PROTEIN TERTIARY STRUCTURE;

EID: 0032536105     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmbi.1997.1450     Document Type: Article

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