Contour length and refolding rate of a small protein controlled by engineered disulfide bonds

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 92, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 225-233

  Ainavarapu, Sri Rama Koti ^a   Brujić, Jasna ^a   Huang, Hector H ^a   Wiita, Arun P ^a   Lu, Hui ^c   Li, Lewyn ^a   Walther, Kirstin A ^a,b   Carrion Vazquez, Mariano ^d   Li, Hongbin ^e   Fernandez, Julio M ^a  

^a Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^b University of Illinois ^*  (United States)

^c University of Illinois at Chicago   (United States)

^d INSTITUTO CAJAL   (Spain)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; CONNECTIN; POLYPEPTIDE; POLYPROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; DISULFIDE BOND; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; PROTEIN ENGINEERING; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE;

EID: 33845979460     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1529/biophysj.106.091561     Document Type: Article

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