Folding dynamics and mechanism of β-hairpin formation

Nature

Volumn 390, Issue 6656, 1997, Pages 196-199

  Muñoz, Victor ^a   Thompson, Peggy A ^a   Hofrichter, James ^a   Eaton, William A ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF DIABETES AND DIGESTIVE AND KIDNEY DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; HYDROGEN; PEPTIDE;

ARTICLE; DYNAMICS; FLUORESCENCE; HYDROGEN BOND; HYDROPHOBICITY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FOLDING;

KINETICS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MODELS, STATISTICAL; PROTEIN FOLDING; TEMPERATURE; TRYPTOPHAN;

MUS;

EID: 0038502170     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/36626     Document Type: Article

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