Pathways in two-state protein folding

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 79, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 2722-2727

  Bakk, Audun ^a   Høye, Johan S ^a   Hansen, Alex ^a,b   Sneppen, Kim ^b,d   Jensen, Mogens H ^c  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRASILIA   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^d NORDITA   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; ENTHALPY; ENTROPY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; NONHUMAN; PHASE TRANSITION; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN DENATURATION; PROTEIN FOLDING; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 0033737015     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3495(00)76510-6     Document Type: Article

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