Early collapse is not an obligate step in protein folding

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 338, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 369-382

  Jacob, Jaby ^a,b   Krantz, Bryan ^a,d   Dothager, Robin S ^a   Thiyagarajan, P ^b   Sosnick, Tobin R ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b ARGONNE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^d HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

CD, circular dichroism; Circular dichroism; Csp, cold shock protein; ctAcP, common type acylphosphatase; HEWL, hen egg white lysozyme; HX, hydrogen exchange; Kinetics; Polyproline II; Protein folding; Small angle X ray scattering

Indexed keywords

ACYLPHOSPHATASE; PROLINE; UBIQUITIN;

ARTICLE; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DENATURATION; FLUORESCENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; RADIATION SCATTERING; SYNCHROTRON; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 1842609484     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2004.02.065     Document Type: Article

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