Equilibrium folding properties of the yeast prion protein determinant Ure2

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 290, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 331-345

  Perrett, Sarah ^a   Freeman, Samantha J ^a   Butler, P Jonathan G ^b   Fersht, Alan R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b MRC LABORATORY OF MOLECULAR BIOLOGY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Amyloid; Prion; Protein folding; Protein stability; Ure2p

Indexed keywords

PRION PROTEIN; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FLUORESCENCE; NONHUMAN; PH; PHENOTYPE; PRION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DENATURATION; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN STABILITY; THERMODYNAMICS; YEAST;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 0033516515     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmbi.1999.2872     Document Type: Article

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