Understanding the determinants of stability and folding of small globular proteins from their energetics

Protein Science

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 113-124

  Tiana, Guido ^a,b   Simona, Fabio ^a   De Mori, Giacomo M S ^c   Broglia, Ricardo A ^a,b,d   Colombo, Giorgio ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^b INFN SEZIONE DI MILANO   (Italy)

^c CNR   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Local elementary structures; Molecular dynamics; Protein folding; Protein stability

Indexed keywords

CHYMOTRYPSIN INHIBITOR; GLOBULAR PROTEIN; PROTEIN G;

ARTICLE; DECOMPOSITION; ENERGY TRANSFER; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MUTAGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN STABILITY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FALSE POSITIVE REACTIONS; KINETICS; MODELS, CHEMICAL; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MODELS, THEORETICAL; MUTAGENESIS, SITE-DIRECTED; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; PEPTIDES; PLANT PROTEINS; POINT MUTATION; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; PROTEINS; SPECTRIN; SRC HOMOLOGY DOMAINS; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 0347994883     PISSN: 09618368     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1110/ps.03223804     Document Type: Article

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