The Rough Energy Landscape of Superfolder GFP Is Linked to the Chromophore

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 373, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 476-490

  Andrews, Benjamin T ^a   Schoenfish, Andrea R ^a   Roy, Melinda ^a   Waldo, Geoffrey ^b   Jennings, Patricia A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

free energy landscape; hysteresis; post translational modification; protein folding; barrel

Indexed keywords

GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CHROMATOPHORE; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; CYCLIZATION; ENERGY TRANSFER; HYSTERESIS; KINETICS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN DENATURATION; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN PROCESSING;

EID: 34548816178     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2007.07.071     Document Type: Article

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