Parallel protein-unfolding pathways revealed and mapped

Nature Structural Biology

Volumn 10, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 658-662

  Wright, Caroline F ^a   Lindorff Larsen, Kresten ^a   Randles, Lucy G ^a   Clarke, Jane ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; KINETICS; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; PHASE TRANSITION; PHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE;

CYTOSKELETAL PROTEINS; HUMANS; KINETICS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MUSCLE PROTEINS; POINT MUTATION; PROTEIN DENATURATION; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN KINASES; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; PROTEINS; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS;

EID: 0043125488     PISSN: 10728368     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nsb947     Document Type: Article

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