Folding units govern the cytochrome c alkaline transition

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 331, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 37-43

  Hoang, Linh ^a   Maity, Haripada ^a   Krishna, Mallela M G ^a   Lin, Yan ^a   Englander, S Walter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cytochrome c, alkaline transition; Hydrogen exchange; Protein folding; Protein function

Indexed keywords

CYTOCHROME C;

ARTICLE; KINETICS; PH MEASUREMENT; PHASE TRANSITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE;

EID: 0038786578     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-2836(03)00698-3     Document Type: Article

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