Unfolding of a leucine zipper is not a simple two-state transition

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 321, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 891-908

  Dragan, Anatoly I ^a   Privalov, Peter L ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cooperativity; Energetics; GCN4; Leucine zipper; Unfolding

Indexed keywords

LEUCINE ZIPPER PROTEIN; TRYPTOPHAN;

ABSORPTION; ALPHA HELIX; ARTICLE; CALORIMETRY; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CORRELATION FUNCTION; DISSOCIATION; ENTHALPY; HEATING; HYDROGEN BOND; PHASE TRANSITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 0036382925     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-2836(02)00699-X     Document Type: Article

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