Evidence for sequential barriers and obligatory intermediates in apparent two-state protein folding

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 325, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 367-376

  Sánchez, Ignacio E ^a   Kiefhaber, Thomas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Chevron plots; Folding pathways; Non linear free energy relationships; Protein folding; Transition state

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; NONLINEAR SYSTEM; POINT MUTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN FOLDING;

EID: 0037225280     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-2836(02)01230-5     Document Type: Article

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