Tuning λ6-85 Towards Downhill Folding at its Melting Temperature

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 370, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 574-584

  Liu, Feng ^a   Gruebele, Martin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

fluorescence; free energy landscape; intermediate; lambda repressor; temperature jump

Indexed keywords

HISTIDINE; LAMBDA REPRESSOR; MUTANT PROTEIN; REPRESSOR PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; BACTERIOPHAGE LAMBDA REPRESSOR PROTEIN; DNA BINDING PROTEIN; VIRUS PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; FLUORESCENCE; HYDROPHOBICITY; KINETICS; LOW TEMPERATURE; MELTING POINT; MUTANT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FOLDING; SPECTRAL SENSITIVITY; THERMODYNAMICS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIOPHAGE LAMBDA; CHEMISTRY; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MUTATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; PROTEIN DENATURATION; TEMPERATURE;

KOBUS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIOPHAGE LAMBDA; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE, BIOMOLECULAR; PROTEIN DENATURATION; PROTEIN FOLDING; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; TEMPERATURE; THERMODYNAMICS; VIRAL PROTEINS;

EID: 34250161638     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2007.04.036     Document Type: Article

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