Structural comparison of the two alternative transition states for folding of TI I27

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 91, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 263-275

  Geierhaas, Christian D ^a   Best, Robert B ^a,c   Paci, Emanuele ^b   Vendruscolo, Michele ^a   Clarke, Jane ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONNECTIN; MUSCLE PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; ENTROPY; HYDROGEN BOND; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; RESIDUE ANALYSIS; SIMULATION; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 33745764034     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1529/biophysj.105.077057     Document Type: Article

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