Protein folding stabilizing time measurement: A direct folding process and three-dimensional random walk simulation

Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications

Volumn 328, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 845-850

  Chang, Chia Ching ^a   Lin, Po Yen ^a,b   Yeh, Xu Cheng ^a,b   Deng, Kuang Hau ^a   Ho, Yen Peng ^a   Kan, Lou Sing ^b  

^a NATIONAL DONG HWA UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b INSTITUTE OF CHEMISTRY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Diffusion limited aggregation; MALDI TOF mass spectrometry; Molecular simulation; Protein folding; Raman spectroscopy; Spontaneous folding

Indexed keywords

LYSOZYME;

ARTICLE; CROSS LINKING; DIFFUSION; DISULFIDE BOND; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN AGGREGATION; PROTEIN FOLDING; RAMAN SPECTROMETRY; SIMULATION;

EID: 13844275525     PISSN: 0006291X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2005.01.036     Document Type: Article

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