Using loop length variants to dissect the folding pathway of a four-helix-bundle protein

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 286, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 257-265

  Nagi, Athena D ^a   Anderson, Karen S ^b   Regan, Lynne ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Four helix bundle; Kinetics; Loops; Protein folding; Rop

Indexed keywords

ALANINE; ASPARTIC ACID; GLYCINE; HELIX LOOP HELIX PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; KINETICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN VARIANT;

EID: 0033548061     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmbi.1998.2474     Document Type: Article

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