Folding and Unfolding Mechanism of Highly Stable Full-Consensus Ankyrin Repeat Proteins

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 376, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 241-257

  Wetzel, Svava K ^a   Settanni, Giovanni ^b   Kenig, Manca ^a   Binz, H Kaspar ^a   Plückthun, Andreas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b MRC CENTRE FOR PROTEIN ENGINEERING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

ankyrin repeat proteins; Ising model; protein folding

Indexed keywords

ANKYRIN; GUANIDINE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; HEATING; KINETICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN DENATURATION; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN STABILITY; THERMODYNAMICS;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 38049063892     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2007.11.046     Document Type: Article

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