Sequence optimization for native state stability determines the evolution and folding kinetics of a small protein

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 332, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 275-286

  Larson, Stefan M ^a   Pande, Vijay S ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Folding kinetics; Protein evolution; Sequence optimization; SH3 domain; Stability

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; ATOM; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; EVOLUTION; KINETICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN FUNCTION; SCALE UP; SIMULATION;

EID: 0041734982     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-2836(03)00832-5     Document Type: Article

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