A pulse-chase-competition experiment to determine if a folding intermediate is on or off-pathway: Application to ribonuclease A

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 283, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 669-678

  Laurents, Douglas V ^a,b   Bruix, Marta ^b   Jamin, Marc ^a   Baldwin, Robert L ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b INSTITUTO DE ESTRUCTURA DE LA MATERIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Hydrogen exchange; On pathway intermediate; Protein folding; Pulse chase experiment; Ribonuclease A

Indexed keywords

PROTON; RIBONUCLEASE A; SOLVENT; WATER;

ARTICLE; PH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FOLDING;

EID: 0032582479     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmbi.1998.2118     Document Type: Article

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