Global analysis of the effects of temperature and denaturant on the folding and unfolding kinetics of the N-terminal domain of the protein L9

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 284, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 1661-1670

  Kuhlman, Brian ^a   Luisi, Donna L ^a   Evans, Philip A ^b   Raleigh, Daniel P ^a  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

L9; Protein folding; Stopped flow fluorescence; Temperature dependence of protein folding; Two state kinetics

Indexed keywords

GLOBULAR PROTEIN; GUANIDINE; RIBOSOME PROTEIN;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; FLUORESCENCE ANALYSIS; KINETICS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DENATURATION; PROTEIN FOLDING; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY; THERMODYNAMICS;

ARRHENIUS;

EID: 0032545150     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmbi.1998.2246     Document Type: Article

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