The Effect of Increasing the Stability of Non-native Interactions on the Folding Landscape of the Bacterial Immunity Protein Im9

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 371, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 554-568

  Morton, Victoria L ^a   Friel, Claire T ^a   Allen, Lucy R ^a   Paci, Emanuele ^a   Radford, Sheena E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

intermediate; molecular dynamics; protein folding; transition state; value

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; PROTEIN; PROTEIN IM9; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL IMMUNITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN STABILITY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 34447261443     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2007.05.010     Document Type: Article

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