The complex kinetics of protein folding in wide temperature ranges

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 87, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 2164-2171

  Wang, Jin ^a,b  

^a CHANGCHUN INSTITUTE OF APPLIED CHEMISTRY   (China)

^b STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; DIFFUSION; ENERGY; HIGH TEMPERATURE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; KINETICS; LOW TEMPERATURE; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; PROTEIN FOLDING; REACTION TIME; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE; TRANSITION TEMPERATURE; CHEMICAL MODEL; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EVALUATION; MOTION; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; STATISTICAL MODEL; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION; TEMPERATURE;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; KINETICS; MODELS, CHEMICAL; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MODELS, STATISTICAL; MOTION; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEINS; STRUCTURE-ACTIVITY RELATIONSHIP; TEMPERATURE; TRANSITION TEMPERATURE;

EID: 10044271811     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1529/biophysj.104.042812     Document Type: Article

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