Topological determinants of protein unfolding rates

Proteins: Structure, Function and Genetics

Volumn 58, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 389-395

  Jung, Jaewoon ^a   Lee, Jooyoung ^b   Moon, Hie Tae ^a  

^a Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST)   (South Korea)

^b Korea Institute for Advanced Study   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Clustering coefficient; Contact order; Folding unfolding rate; Impact of edge removal; Protein folding; Protein structure

Indexed keywords

PEPTIDES AND PROTEINS; PROTEIN ALPHA; PROTEIN ALPHABETA; PROTEIN BETA; PROTEIN BETA SANDWICH; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALPHA HELIX; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION; THERMODYNAMICS;

BINDING SITES; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DATABASES, PROTEIN; KINETICS; MODELS, CHEMICAL; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MODELS, STATISTICAL; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; PEPTIDES; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN DENATURATION; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; PROTEINS; PROTEOMICS; STRUCTURAL HOMOLOGY, PROTEIN; THERMODYNAMICS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 11344269939     PISSN: 08873585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/prot.20324     Document Type: Article

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