Pathways and Kinetic Barriers in Mechanical Unfolding and Refolding of RNA and Proteins

Structure

Volumn 14, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 1633-1645

  Hyeon, Changbong ^a   Dima, Ruxandra I ^b   Thirumalai, D ^a  

^a Bldg 142   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

Author keywords

PROTEINS; RNA

Indexed keywords

GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; POLYMER; PROTEIN; RIBOZYME; RNA;

ALPHA HELIX; ARTICLE; AZOARCUS; KINETICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FOLDING; TETRAHYMENA;

ANIMALS; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; KINETICS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN DENATURATION; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; PROTEINS; RNA; RNA, CATALYTIC; TETRAHYMENA;

AZOARCUS; TETRAHYMENA;

EID: 33846193288     PISSN: 09692126     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.str.2006.09.002     Document Type: Article

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