Reliable protein folding on complex energy landscapes: The free energy reaction path

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 95, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 2692-2701

  Lois, Gregg ^a   Blawzdziewicz, Jerzy ^a   O'Hern, Corey S ^a  

^a Yale University   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; KINETICS; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN DENATURATION; PROTEIN FOLDING; TEMPERATURE; THERMODYNAMICS;

KINETICS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN DENATURATION; PROTEIN FOLDING; TEMPERATURE; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 55549115056     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: 15420086     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1529/biophysj.108.133132     Document Type: Article

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