Early events in protein folding: Is there something more than hydrophobic burst?

Protein Science

Volumn 17, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 1424-1433

  Camilloni, Carlo ^a,b   Sutto, Ludovico ^a,b   Provasi, Davide ^a   Tiana, Guido ^a,b   Broglia, Ricardo A ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^b INFN SEZIONE DI MILANO   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Molecular mechanics dynamics; Protein structure folding

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; HYDROPHOBICITY; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN FOLDING;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; HYDROPHOBICITY; MODELS, MOLECULAR; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEINS; SRC HOMOLOGY DOMAINS; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 48249112177     PISSN: 09618368     EISSN: 1469896X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1110/ps.035105.108     Document Type: Article

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