Folding of a highly conserved diverging turn motif from the SH3 domain

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 84, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 1548-1562

  Gnanakaran, S ^a   Garcia, Angel E ^a  

^a LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POLYPEPTIDE;

ARTICLE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; PEPTIDE ANALYSIS; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN FOLDING; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 0037340910     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3495(03)74966-2     Document Type: Article

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