Atom-by-atom analysis of global downhill protein folding

Nature

Volumn 442, Issue 7100, 2006, Pages 317-321

  Sadqi, Mourad ^a   Fushman, David ^a   Muñoz, Victor ^a  

^a Bldg 142   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DATA PROCESSING; ENTROPY; ENZYME KINETICS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HYDROGEN BONDS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; PROTONS;

COMPLEX NETWORKS; INTRICATE NETWORKS; MARGINAL BARRIERS; PROTEIN FOLDING;

PROTEINS;

BACTERIUM; FOLDING; KINETICS; MUTATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; ATOMIC PARTICLE; ENERGY TRANSFER; ENTROPY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HYDROPHOBICITY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; THEORETICAL STUDY;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 33746102627     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature04859     Document Type: Article

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