Kinetics of local helix formation in poly-L-glutamic acid studied by time-resolved photoacoustics: Neutralization reactions of carboxylates in aqueous solutions and their relevance to the problem of protein folding

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 79, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 2714-2721

  Abbruzzetti, Stefania ^a   Viappiani, Cristiano ^a,d   Small, Jeanne R ^b   Libertini, Louis J ^c   Small, Enoch W ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PARMA   (Italy)

^b EASTERN WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Quantum Northwest Inc   (United States)

^d INFM   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBOXYLIC ACID DERIVATIVE; POLYGLUTAMIC ACID;

ACIDIFICATION; ACOUSTICS; ALPHA HELIX; ANIMAL CELL; AQUEOUS SOLUTION; ARTICLE; ENTHALPY; HYDROGEN BOND; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS REGULATION; PROTON TRANSPORT; REACTION ANALYSIS; SOLVATION;

EID: 0033748104     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3495(00)76509-X     Document Type: Article

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