Cytochrome c folding dynamics

Current Opinion in Chemical Biology

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 169-174

  Winkler, Jay R ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

CD; Circular dichroism; cyt c; Cytochrome c; Electron transfer; ET

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CYTOCHROME C;

ANALYTIC METHOD; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DATA ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR PROBE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN DENATURATION; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; REVIEW; SPECTROSCOPY;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; CYTOCHROMES C; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN DENATURATION; PROTEIN FOLDING; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 1842531459     PISSN: 13675931     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpa.2004.02.009     Document Type: Review

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