Acquisition of native-like interactions in C-terminal fragments of barnase

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 287, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 421-432

  Neira, José L ^a   Fersht, Alan R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Denatured state; Native structure; Protein folding; Protein fragments

Indexed keywords

BARNASE; UREA;

ALPHA HELIX; ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; ENZYME STRUCTURE; FLUORESCENCE SPECTROSCOPY; GEL FILTRATION CHROMATOGRAPHY; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DENATURATION; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE; PROTEIN TERTIARY STRUCTURE;

EID: 0033605823     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmbi.1999.2602     Document Type: Article

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