Complex folding kinetics of a multidomain protein

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 90, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 2120-2130

  Batey, Sarah ^a   Scott, Kathryn A ^a,b   Clarke, Jane ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MUTANT PROTEIN; PROTEIN; SPECTRIN;

ARTICLE; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; KINETICS; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; BINDING SITE; CHEMICAL MODEL; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN TERTIARY STRUCTURE; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

BINDING SITES; COMPUTER SIMULATION; KINETICS; MODELS, CHEMICAL; MODELS, MOLECULAR; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; SPECTRIN;

EID: 33646000631     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1529/biophysj.105.072710     Document Type: Article

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