Elementary steps in protein folding

Biological Chemistry

Volumn 380, Issue 7-8, 1999, Pages 923-929

  Bieri, Oliver ^a   Kiefhaber, Thomas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

helix; hairpin; Fast kinetics; Intrachain diffusion; Protein folding; Protein loops

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN;

ALPHA HELIX; DIFFUSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FOLDING; REVIEW; TIME;

PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN FOLDING; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 0032847748     PISSN: 14316730     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/BC.1999.114     Document Type: Review

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