An experimental survey of the transition between two-state and downhill protein folding scenarios

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 105, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 2369-2374

  Liu, Feng ^a   Du, Deguo ^c   Fuller, Amelia A ^c   Davoren, Jennifer E ^d   Wipf, Peter ^d   Kelly, Jeffery W ^c   Gruebele, Martin ^a,b  

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

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

^c SCRIPPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

Activated rate; Alkene peptide isosteres; Molecular rate; Speed limit; Stability

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; COLD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DENATURATION; HEAT; KINETICS; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MELTING POINT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN STABILITY; TEMPERATURE; THERMODYNAMICS; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; HUMAN; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PROTEIN DENATURATION; PROTEIN TERTIARY STRUCTURE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; HUMANS; KINETICS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROTEIN DENATURATION; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; PROTEINS; TEMPERATURE; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 40649128566     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0711908105     Document Type: Article

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