Is there or isn't there? The case for (and against) residual structure in chemically denatured proteins

Critical Reviews in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 181-189

  McCarney, Evan R ^a   Kohn, Jonathan E ^a   Plaxco, Kevin W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Guanidine; Protein folding; Random coil; Urea

Indexed keywords

GUANIDINE; POLYPEPTIDE; PROTEIN; UREA;

NEUTRON SCATTERING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN DENATURATION; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; RADIATION SCATTERING; REVIEW; SPECTROSCOPY;

PROTEIN DENATURATION; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; THERMODYNAMICS; UREA;

EID: 23744502246     PISSN: 10409238     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10409230591008143     Document Type: Review

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