Shape of the free energy barriers for protein folding probed by multiple perturbation analysis

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 357, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 655-664

  Schätzle, Manuela ^a   Kiefhaber, Thomas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Hammond behavior; Protein folding; Rate equilibrium free energy relationships; Transition state movement

Indexed keywords

MUTANT PROTEIN; POLYPEPTIDE; TENDAMISTAT;

ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); ENERGY; ENTROPY; EXPERIMENTATION; NONHUMAN; PH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN DENATURATION; PROTEIN FOLDING; TEMPERATURE; WILD TYPE;

EID: 33344470258     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2005.12.081     Document Type: Article

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