Folding Barrier in Horse Cytochrome c: Support for a Classical Folding Pathway

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 337, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 195-208

  Prabhu, N Prakash ^a   Kumar, Rajesh ^a   Bhuyan, Abani K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HYDERABAD   (India)

Author keywords

Cytochrome c; Folding barrier; Folding pathway; Protein folding; Topology search model

Indexed keywords

CYTOCHROME C;

ARTICLE; PHASE TRANSITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN STABILITY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; THERMOSTABILITY;

EQUUS CABALLUS;

EID: 1442277673     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2004.01.016     Document Type: Article

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