Kinetic barriers and the role of topology in protein and RNA folding

Protein Science

Volumn 17, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 1308-1318

  Sosnick, Tobin R ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Protein structure folding; RNA folding

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN; RNA;

CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; HUMAN; KINETICS; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR STABILITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DENATURATION; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN STABILITY; REVIEW; RNA CONFORMATION;

ANIMALS; HUMANS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; NUCLEIC ACID DENATURATION; PROTEIN DENATURATION; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; PROTEINS; RNA;

EID: 48249086517     PISSN: 09618368     EISSN: 1469896X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1110/ps.036319.108     Document Type: Review

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