Slow unfolding and refolding kinetics of the mesophilic Rop wild-type protein in the transition range

European Journal of Biochemistry

Volumn 264, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 989-995

  Rosengarth, Anja ^b   Rösgen, Jörg ^b   Hinz, Hans Jürgen ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^b Inst für Physikalische Chemie   (Germany)

Author keywords

Folding kinetics; Rop protein; Slow equilibrium folding; Stability

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN; PROTEIN ROP; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN STABILITY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; DIMERIZATION; DRUG STABILITY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GUANIDINE; KINETICS; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN DENATURATION; PROTEIN FOLDING; RNA-BINDING PROTEINS; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 0033568494     PISSN: 00142956     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1432-1327.1999.00712.x     Document Type: Article

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