Heat capacity change for ribonuclease A folding

Protein Science

Volumn 8, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 1500-1504

  Pace, C Nick ^a,b   Grimsley, Gerald R ^a   Thomas, Susan T ^c   Makhatadze, George I ^c  

^a TEXAS A M COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Differential scanning calorimetry; Heat capacity change; Protein folding; Protein stability; Ribonuclease A; Urea denaturation

Indexed keywords

RIBONUCLEASE A;

ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETRY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; PH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DENATURATION; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN STABILITY; TEMPERATURE; THERMOSTABILITY;

EID: 0032776418     PISSN: 09618368     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1110/ps.8.7.1500     Document Type: Article

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