Exploring structures in protein folding funnels with free energy functionals: The denatured ensemble

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 287, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 657-674

  Shoemaker, Benjamin A ^a   Wolynes, Peter G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Denatured state ensemble; Hydrogen exchange protection factor; NMR order parameters; Protein structure

Indexed keywords

LACTALBUMIN; LYSOZYME;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENTROPY; HYDROPHOBICITY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DENATURATION; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 0033515614     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmbi.1999.2612     Document Type: Article

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