A Comparison of the Folding of Two Knotted Proteins: YbeA and YibK

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 366, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 650-665

  Mallam, Anna L ^a   Jackson, Sophie E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

chevron plot; dimer kinetics; global analysis; protein folding; topological knot

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEIN; MONOMER; PROTEIN YBEA; PROTEIN YIBK; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UREA;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; DIMERIZATION; EQUILIBRIUM CONSTANT; ESCHERICHIA COLI; KINETICS; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; THERMODYNAMICS;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; LOTUS;

EID: 33846362515     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2006.11.014     Document Type: Article

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