Spectrin R16: Broad energy barrier or sequential transition states?

Protein Science

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 1617-1629

  Scott, Kathryn A ^a,b   Clarke, Jane ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

value; Chevron plot; Curvature; Protein folding; Spectrin; Transition states

Indexed keywords

SPECTRIN;

ALPHA CHAIN; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; DATA ANALYSIS; ENERGY; MOLECULAR MODEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN FOLDING;

ANIMALS; HUMANS; PROTEIN DENATURATION; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; SPECTRIN; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 22444436625     PISSN: 09618368     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1110/ps.051377105     Document Type: Article

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