Protein folding forces

Journal of Theoretical Biology

Volumn 251, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 331-347

  Nölting, Bengt ^a   Salimi, Neema ^a   Guth, Ulrich ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Mechanism of protein folding; Phi value analysis

Indexed keywords

ALPHA LACTALBUMIN; ARC REPRESSOR PROTEIN; AZURIN; BARNASE; BARSTAR; CHYMOTRYPSIN INHIBITOR; COLD SHOCK PROTEIN; COLD SHOCK PROTEIN B; COLICIN E7 IMMUNITY PROTEIN 7; COLICIN E9 IMMUNITY PROTEIN 9; FK 506 BINDING PROTEIN; POLYPEPTIDE; PROTEIN SH3; REPRESSOR PROTEIN; RIBOSOME PROTEIN; RIBOSOME PROTEIN L9; SPECTRIN; UBIQUITIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ENERGY; HYDROGEN; PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; GENE MUTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MUTATION; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; PROTEINS;

EID: 39649102570     PISSN: 00225193     EISSN: 10958541     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtbi.2007.11.020     Document Type: Article

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