Kinetic and Structural Analysis of Submillisecond Folding Events in Cytochrome c

Accounts of Chemical Research

Volumn 31, Issue 11, 1998, Pages 717-725

  Shastry, M C Ramachandra ^a,c,d,e,f   Sauder, J Michael ^a,b,g   Roder, Heinrich ^a,b,h,i  

^a FOX CHASE CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (India)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DE BORDEAUX   (France)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI   (United States)

^f Laboratory of Heinrich Roder

^g UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

^h SWISS FEDERAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

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EID: 0542421561     PISSN: 00014842     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ar970086     Document Type: Article

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