Transition states for protein folding have native topologies despite high structural variability

Nature Structural and Molecular Biology

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 443-449

  Lindorff Larsen, Kresten ^a   Vendruscolo, Michele ^a   Paci, Emanuele ^b   Dobson, Christopher M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN; PROTEIN SH3; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; HYDROPHOBICITY; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID;

EID: 2342451295     PISSN: 15459993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nsmb765     Document Type: Article

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