The Folding Mechanics of a Knotted Protein

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 368, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 884-893

  Wallin, Stefan ^a   Zeldovich, Konstantin B ^a   Shakhnovich, Eugene I ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

kinetics; nonnative interactions; protein folding; trefoil knot

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN;

ALPHA CHAIN; ARTICLE; BIOINFORMATICS; DIMERIZATION; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; KINETICS; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; MOLECULAR MODEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE;

LOTUS;

EID: 34047180474     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2007.02.035     Document Type: Article

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