Multiple folding mechanisms of protein ubiquitin

Proteins: Structure, Function and Genetics

Volumn 59, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 565-579

  Zhang, Jian ^a   Qin, Meng ^a   Wang, Wei ^a,b  

^a NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

Folding mechanisms; Glass dynamics; Intermediate states; Validity of Go model

Indexed keywords

UBIQUITIN;

ARTICLE; HIGH TEMPERATURE; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; POLYMERIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE; PROTEIN STABILITY; PROTEIN TERTIARY STRUCTURE; SIMULATION; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE;

KINETICS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN SUBUNITS; UBIQUITIN;

EID: 17844366082     PISSN: 08873585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/prot.20430     Document Type: Article

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