Dynamics of unfolded polypeptide chains as model for the earliest steps in protein folding

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 332, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 265-274

  Krieger, Florian ^a   Fierz, Beat ^a   Bieri, Oliver ^a   Drewello, Mario ^b   Kiefhaber, Thomas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^b MAX PLANCK RESEARCH UNIT FOR ENZYMOLOGY OF PROTEIN FOLDING   (Germany)

Author keywords

Chain dynamics; Intrachain diffusion; Protein folding; Triplet triplet transfer; Unfolded proteins

Indexed keywords

GLYCINE; POLYPEPTIDE; UREA;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; DIFFUSION; ENERGY TRANSFER; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR MODEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FOLDING;

EID: 0043237588     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-2836(03)00892-1     Document Type: Article

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