Water as a conformational editor in protein folding

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 343, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 1125-1133

  Sessions, Richard B ^a   Thomas, Geraint L ^b   Parker, Martin J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

cooperativity; desolvation barriers; folding kinetics; protein folding; protein stability

Indexed keywords

WATER;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AQUEOUS SOLUTION; ARTICLE; ENERGY; GENE SEQUENCE; GENE STRUCTURE; KINETICS; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN STABILITY; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 5444256313     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2004.08.105     Document Type: Article

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