Characterisation of low free-energy excited states of folded proteins

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 284, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 1625-1639

  Baxter, Nicola J ^a   Hosszu, Laszlo L P ^a   Waltho, Jonathan P ^a   Williamson, Michael P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Excited states; NMR; Protein dynamics; Protein structure; Protein unfolding

Indexed keywords

APROTININ; LYSOZYME; PHOSPHOGLYCERATE KINASE;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; HYDROGEN BOND; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE; PROTEIN STABILITY; PROTON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 0032545169     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmbi.1998.2265     Document Type: Article

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