A calorimetric study of the folding-unfolding of an α-helix with covalently closed N and C-terminal loops

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 291, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 965-976

  Taylor, John W ^a   Greenfield, Norma J ^b   Wu, Bing ^a   Privalov, Peter L ^c  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b RUTGERS ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cooperativity; Folding; Hydrogen bonding; Thermodynamics; helix

Indexed keywords

PEPTIDE;

ALPHA HELIX; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; COVALENT BOND; DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETRY; ENTHALPY; ENTROPY; HEATING; HYDROGEN BOND; HYDROPHOBICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN INTERACTION; TEMPERATURE; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 0033609809     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmbi.1999.3025     Document Type: Article

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