Quantifying the kinetic paths of flexible biomolecular recognition

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 91, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 866-872

  Wang, Jin ^a,b   Zhang, Kun ^a   Lu, Hongyang ^a   Wang, Erkang ^a  

^a CHANGCHUN INSTITUTE OF APPLIED CHEMISTRY   (China)

^b STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; ENERGY; KINETICS; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; MOLECULAR RECOGNITION; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN FOLDING; TEMPERATURE; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 33746769416     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1529/biophysj.105.074716     Document Type: Article

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