Site-specific dimensions across a highly denatured protein; a single molecule study

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 352, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 672-682

  McCarney, Evan R ^a   Werner, James H ^b   Bernstein, Summer L ^a   Ruczinski, Ingo ^c   Makarov, Dmitrii E ^d   Goodwin, Peter M ^b   Plaxco, Kevin W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Denatured state; Lattice polymer simulations; Protein folding; Random coil; Single molecule

Indexed keywords

GUANIDINE; PROTEIN; TRIFLUOROETHANOL;

ARTICLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DENATURATION; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; SPECTROSCOPY; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY;

EID: 24044462641     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2005.07.015     Document Type: Article

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