Exploring the conformational properties of the sequence space between two proteins with different folds: An experimental study

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 285, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 741-753

  Blanco, Francisco J ^a   Angrand, Isabelle ^a   Serrano, Luis ^a  

^a EUROPEAN MOLECULAR BIOLOGY LABORATORY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Evolution; Modeling; Protein folding; Protein stability; Secondary structure

Indexed keywords

FODRIN; PROTEIN G; SPECTRIN;

ARTICLE; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; HYDROPHOBICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN DENATURATION; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE; PROTEIN TERTIARY STRUCTURE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; THERMOSTABILITY;

EID: 0033555717     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmbi.1998.2333     Document Type: Article

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