Fast Folding of the HIV-1 and SIV gp41 Six-helix Bundles

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 336, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 1-8

  Marti, Daniel N ^a   Bjelić, Saša ^a   Lu, Min ^b   Bosshard, Hans Rudolf ^a   Jelesarov, Ilian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Folding kinetics; Gp41; HIV 1 fusion; Six helix bundle; Trimer of hairpins motif

Indexed keywords

GLYCOPROTEIN GP 41; ISOLEUCINE; THREONINE; VIRUS FUSION PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; HOST CELL; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; KINETICS; PHASE TRANSITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN MOTIF; PROTEIN STABILITY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; REDUCTION; SIMIAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS;

HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; SIMIAE; SIMIAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS;

EID: 0345869718     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2003.11.058     Document Type: Article

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