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

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 287, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 675-694

  Shoemaker, Benjamin A ^a   Wang, Jin ^b,c,d   Wolynes, Peter G ^a  

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

^b CITIGROUP   (United States)

^c STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d JILIN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Extrathermodynamic free energy relations; Folding kinetics; Protein structure; Transition state ensemble

Indexed keywords

CHYMOTRYPSIN INHIBITOR;

ARTICLE; GENETIC ENGINEERING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 0033515615     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmbi.1999.2613     Document Type: Article

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