Exponential decay kinetics in "downhill" protein folding

Proteins: Structure, Function and Genetics

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 1-4

  Hagen, Stephen J ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Cytochrome c; Diffusion; Energy landscape; Exponential; Fluorescence; Tryptophan

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DIFFUSION; DYNAMICS; ENERGY; ENERGY TRANSFER; ENTROPY; FLUORESCENCE; HYDROPHOBICITY; KINETICS; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; NONLINEAR SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FOLDING;

EID: 0037235662     PISSN: 08873585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/prot.10261     Document Type: Article

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