Is protein unfolding the reverse of protein folding? A lattice simulation analysis

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 292, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 403-419

  Dinner, Aaron R ^a   Karplus, Martin ^a,b  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE STRASBOURG   (France)

Author keywords

Free energy; Lattice model; Monte Carlo

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DENATURATION; PROTEIN FOLDING; SIMULATION; SYSTEM ANALYSIS; THERMOSTABILITY;

EID: 0033578828     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmbi.1999.3051     Document Type: Article

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