How cytochrome c folds, and why: Submolecular foldon units and their stepwise sequential stabilization

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 343, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 223-233

  Maity, Haripada ^a   Maity, Mita ^a   Walter Englander, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

alkaline transition; cytochrome c; hydrogen exchange; protein folding; stability labeling

Indexed keywords

CYTOCHROME C;

ARTICLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN STABILITY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS;

EID: 4644359012     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2004.08.005     Document Type: Article

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