The protein folding 'speed limit'

Current Opinion in Structural Biology

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 76-88

  Kubelka, Jan ^a   Hofrichter, James ^a   Eaton, William A ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF DIABETES AND DIGESTIVE AND KIDNEY DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

F rster resonance energy transfer; FRET

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; CYSTEINE; CYTOCHROME B; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEIN; HYDROXYPROLINE; PHENYLALANINE; POLYMER; POLYPEPTIDE; PROTEIN A; TRYPTOPHAN; VILLIN;

ALPHA HELIX; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIFFUSION; ENERGY TRANSFER; ENTROPY; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; FLUORESCENCE; GLASS TRANSITION TEMPERATURE; HIGH TEMPERATURE; HYDRODYNAMICS; HYDROPHOBICITY; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN ENGINEERING; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN STABILITY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; REVIEW; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE; THEORETICAL MODEL;

EID: 1342281633     PISSN: 0959440X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sbi.2004.01.013     Document Type: Review

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