Measurements of cysteine reactivity during protein unfolding suggest the presence of competing pathways

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 297, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 733-745

  Ramachandran, S ^a   Rami, Bhadresh R ^a   Udgaonkar, Jayant B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Barstar; Competing pathways; Cysteine reactivity; Protein unfolding; Pulse labeling

Indexed keywords

5,5' DITHIOBIS(2 NITROBENZOIC ACID); CYSTEINE; PROTEIN; PROTEIN BARSTAR; THIOL GROUP; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL REACTION KINETICS; CHEMOREACTIVITY; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; MOLECULAR MODEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FOLDING; REACTION ANALYSIS;

EID: 0034737304     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmbi.2000.3605     Document Type: Article

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