Towards a consistent modeling of protein thermodynamic and kinetic cooperativity: How applicable is the transition state picture to folding and unfolding?

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 315, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 899-909

  Kaya, Hüseyin ^a   Chan, Hue Sun ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Calorimetric cooperativity; Chevron plot; Rugged landscape; Single exponential kinetics; Unfolding

Indexed keywords

HYDROGEN;

ARTICLE; CALORIMETRY; ENERGY; HYDROPHOBICITY; KINETICS; MOTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN INTERACTION; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 0036304480     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmbi.2001.5266     Document Type: Article

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