Prediction of folding rates and transition-state placement from native-state geometry

Proteins: Structure, Function and Genetics

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 74-84

  Micheletti, Cristian ^a  

^a SISSA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Folding rates prediction; Protein topology; Stochastic simulations; Two state folding kinetics

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FAMILY; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; STOCHASTIC MODEL;

KINETICS; MODELS, STATISTICAL; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEINS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; STRUCTURAL HOMOLOGY, PROTEIN;

EID: 0037375366     PISSN: 08873585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/prot.10342     Document Type: Article

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