The topomer search model: A simple, quantitative theory of two-state protein folding kinetics

Protein Science

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 17-26

  Makarov, Dmitrii E ^a   Plaxco, Kevin W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Contact order; Diffusion collision; Nucleation

Indexed keywords

DIFFUSION; ENERGY; KINETICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN FOLDING; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REVIEW; THEORY;

AMINO ACIDS; KINETICS; MODELS, CHEMICAL; MODELS, MOLECULAR; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; PROTEINS; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 0037215268     PISSN: 09618368     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1110/ps.0220003     Document Type: Review

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