Elucidation of the Disulfide-Folding Pathway of Hirudin by a Topology-Based Approach

Proteins: Structure, Function and Genetics

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 720-730

  Micheletti, Cristian ^a,c   De Filippis, V ^b   Maritan, A ^a   Seno, F ^b  

^a INFM   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^c SISSA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Disulfide bonds; Folding intermediates; Protein folding; Stochastic simulation

Indexed keywords

HIRUDIN; THROMBIN INHIBITOR;

ARTICLE; DISULFIDE BOND; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN REFOLDING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; STOCHASTIC MODEL; THEORETICAL MODEL; THERMODYNAMICS; VARIANCE;

DISULFIDES; HIRUDINS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN FOLDING; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 0242299198     PISSN: 08873585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/prot.10463     Document Type: Article

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