Nonadditive interactions in protein folding: The Zipper model of cytochrome c

Journal of Biological Physics

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 255-270

  Morozov, A N ^a,c   Shiu, Y J ^a   Liang, C T ^a   Tsai, M Y ^a   Lin, S H ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF ATOMIC AND MOLECULAR SCIENCES   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL CHIAO TUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c INSTITUTE OF SURFACE CHEMISTRY   (Ukraine)

Author keywords

Circular dichroism; Cytochrome c; Foldon; Nonadditivity; Pathway; Sequential folding; The Zipper model

Indexed keywords

CYTOCHROME C; HYDROGEN; PROTEIN SUBUNIT;

ARTICLE; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; ENERGY ABSORPTION; EQUILIBRIUM CONSTANT; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; SPECTROSCOPY; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY;

EID: 46449134785     PISSN: 00920606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10867-008-9062-7     Document Type: Article

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