Determination of barrier heights and prefactors from protein folding rate data

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 88, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 3762-3769

  Plotkin, S S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

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ARRHENIUS ACTIVATION ENERGY; ARTICLE; ENERGY; ENERGY BARRIER; KINETICS; KRAMERS THEORY; PROTEIN DENATURATION; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN STABILITY; TEMPERATURE; THEORY;

ARRHENIUS;

EID: 22244493867     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1529/biophysj.104.052548     Document Type: Article

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