Internal friction controls the speed of protein folding from a compact configuration

Biochemistry

Volumn 43, Issue 39, 2004, Pages 12532-12538

  Pabit, Suzette A ^a   Roder, Heinrich ^b   Hagen, Stephen J ^a  

^a University of Florida   (United States)

^b FOX CHASE CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FRICTION; POLYPEPTIDES; SOLVENTS; VISCOSITY;

INTERNAL FRICTION CONTROL; INTERNAL INTERACTIONS; PROTEIN FOLDING; SOLVENT VISCOSITY;

PROTEINS;

CYTOCHROME C; SOLVENT;

ARTICLE; DIFFUSION; DYNAMICS; ENERGY; FRICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FOLDING; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE; VISCOSITY;

ANIMALS; CARBON MONOXIDE; CYTOCHROMES C; ENZYME STABILITY; FERROUS COMPOUNDS; HEME; HORSES; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN DENATURATION; PROTEIN FOLDING; SOLVENTS; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; THERMODYNAMICS; VISCOSITY;

EID: 4744357562     PISSN: 00062960     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/bi048822m     Document Type: Article

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