Energy barriers, cooperativity, and hidden intermediates in the folding of small proteins

Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications

Volumn 340, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 976-983

  Bai, Yawen ^a  

^a NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cooperative stabilization; Energy landscape; Folding intermediates; Kinetic barrier; Transition state

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; ENERGY ABSORPTION; ENTHALPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; ROOM TEMPERATURE; THERMODYNAMICS;

BIOPHYSICS; DIMERIZATION; ENTROPY; HEAT; KINETICS; METHANE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MODELS, STATISTICAL; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PEPTIDES; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN DENATURATION; PROTEIN FOLDING; TEMPERATURE; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 30144440755     PISSN: 0006291X     EISSN: 10902104     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2005.12.093     Document Type: Article

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