Simple physical models connect theory and experiment in protein folding kinetics

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 322, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 463-476

  Alm, Eric ^a   Morozov, Alexandre V ^b   Kortemme, Tanja ^c   Baker, David ^c  

^a LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Kinetics; Master equation; Protein folding; Transition state; values

Indexed keywords

HYDROGEN;

ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; ENERGY; HYBRID; HYDROGEN BOND; KINETICS; PHYSICAL MODEL; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; THEORY; TORSION; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ARRHENIUS;

EID: 0036384269     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-2836(02)00706-4     Document Type: Article

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