Very fast folding and association of a trimerization domain from bacteriophage T4 fibritin

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 337, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 905-915

  Güthe, Sarah ^a   Kapinos, Larisa ^a   Möglich, Andreas ^a   Meier, Sebastian ^a   Grzesiek, Stephan ^a   Kiefhaber, Thomas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

F moc, N (9 fluorenyl)methoxycarbonyl; Fast folding; GdmCl, guanidinium chloride; Prolyl isomerization; Protein association; Protein folding; RDC, residual dipolar coupling; Trimeric proteins

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIOPHAGE T4; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; KINETICS; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE;

EID: 1642363339     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2004.02.020     Document Type: Article

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