Insights into Conformation and Dynamics of Protein GB1 during Folding and Unfolding by NMR

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 335, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 1299-1307

  Ding, Keyang ^a   Louis, John M ^a   Gronenborn, Angela M ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF DIABETES AND DIGESTIVE AND KIDNEY DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

Folding intermediates; Melting hot spots; NMR; Protein folding; Residual dipolar coupling

Indexed keywords

AMIDE; NITROGEN; PROTEIN G; TRYPTOPHAN;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NITROGEN NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; PH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; PROTON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; TEMPERATURE; THERMAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0347914553     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2003.11.042     Document Type: Article

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