Kinetic definition of protein folding transition state ensembles and reaction coordinates

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 91, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 14-24

  Snow, Christopher D ^a   Young, Min Rhee ^a   Pande, Vijay S ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CONFORMATION; DIFFUSION; ENERGY; KINETICS; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN FOLDING; QUANTITATIVE STUDY; ROOM TEMPERATURE; SIMULATION;

EID: 33745744079     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1529/biophysj.105.075689     Document Type: Article

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