Three-state protein folding: Experimental determination of free-energy profile

Protein Science

Volumn 14, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 2658-2667

  Baryshnikova, Ekaterina N ^a   Melnik, Bogdan S ^a   Finkelstein, Alexei V ^a   Semisotnov, Gennady V ^a   Bychkova, Valentina E ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF PROTEIN RESEARCH   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Apomyoglobin; Chevron plot; Folding intermediates; Protein folding; Stoppedflow; Tryptophan fluorescence

Indexed keywords

APOMYOGLOBIN; UREA;

AMPLITUDE MODULATION; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); ENERGY; KINETICS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FOLDING;

ANIMALS; APOPROTEINS; KINETICS; MALE; MYOGLOBIN; PROTEIN FOLDING; SPERMATOZOA; THERMODYNAMICS; WHALES;

EID: 25844492054     PISSN: 09618368     EISSN: 1469896X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1110/ps.051402705     Document Type: Article

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