Exploring protein-folding ensembles: A variable-barrier model for the analysis of equilibrium unfolding experiments

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 101, Issue 51, 2004, Pages 17646-17651

  Muñoz, Victor ^a   Sanchez Ruiz, Jose M ^b,c  

^a University of Maryland   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ZARAGOZA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Downhill folding; Experimental analysis; Free energy barrier; Phenomenological model; Two state folding

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETRY; ENERGY; EXPERIMENT; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; PHYSICAL MODEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCESS MODEL; PROTEIN FOLDING; THEORY; THERMODYNAMICS;

CALORIMETRY, DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PROTEIN DENATURATION; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEINS; TEMPERATURE; THERMODYNAMICS; THIOREDOXIN;

EID: 11144223201     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0405829101     Document Type: Article

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