Loop-closure events during protein folding: Rationalizing the shape of Φ-value distributions

Proteins: Structure, Function and Genetics

Volumn 60, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 701-711

  Weikl, Thomas R ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF COLLOIDS AND INTERFACES   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN;

ALPHA HELIX; ARTICLE; BETA SHEET; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; ENERGY TRANSFER; ENTROPY; KINETICS; MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE; PROTEIN STRUCTURE;

BINDING SITES; MACROMOLECULAR SUBSTANCES; MODELS, MOLECULAR; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; PROTEINS;

EID: 24644460584     PISSN: 08873585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/prot.20504     Document Type: Article

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