Understanding the folding mechanism of an α-helical hairpin

Biochemistry

Volumn 45, Issue 44, 2006, Pages 13131-13139

  Du, Deguo ^a   Gai, Feng ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CROSSLINKING; HYDROPHOBICITY; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; MUTAGENESIS;

ANTIPARALLEL HELICES; FOLDING MECHANISM; HELICAL HAIRPIN; SITE-SPECIFIC MUTAGENESIS;

DNA;

DNA BINDING PROTEIN; HELIX LOOP HELIX PROTEIN;

ALPHA HELIX; ARTICLE; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; DISULFIDE BOND; DNA BINDING MOTIF; EQUILIBRIUM CONSTANT; HYDROPHOBICITY; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FOLDING; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS; THERMODYNAMICS; THERMOSTABILITY;

CIRCULAR DICHROISM; MODELS, MOLECULAR; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEINS; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY, ULTRAVIOLET; SPECTROSCOPY, FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED;

EID: 33750717540     PISSN: 00062960     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/bi0615745     Document Type: Article

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