Sub-microsecond Protein Folding

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 359, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 546-553

  Kubelka, Jan ^a,b   Chiu, Thang K ^a   Davies, David R ^a   Eaton, William A ^a   Hofrichter, James ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF DIABETES AND DIGESTIVE AND KIDNEY DISEASES   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

Author keywords

protein crystallography; protein folding kinetics

Indexed keywords

LYSINE; NORLEUCINE; VILLIN;

ARTICLE; CHICKEN; DIFFUSION COEFFICIENT; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY;

EID: 33646759974     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2006.03.034     Document Type: Article

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