Specifically collapsed intermediate in the early stage of the folding of ribonuclease A

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 350, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 349-362

  Kimura, Tetsunari ^a,c   Akiyama, Shuji ^b   Uzawa, Takanori ^a   Ishimori, Koichiro ^a,d   Morishima, Isao ^a   Fujisawa, Tetsuro ^b   Takahashi, Satoshi ^c  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b RIKEN HARIMA INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^c OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

ANS fluorescence; Burst phase intermediate; Collapse; Protein folding; Ribonuclease A

Indexed keywords

8 ANILINO 1 NAPHTHALENESULFONIC ACID; RIBONUCLEASE A;

ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; DISULFIDE BOND; DYNAMICS; FLUORESCENCE; KINETICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN FOLDING; RADIATION SCATTERING; TITRIMETRY;

EID: 20444362733     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2005.04.074     Document Type: Article

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