Calculation of the free energy and cooperativity of protein folding

PLoS ONE

Volumn 2, Issue 5, 2007, Pages

  Kentsis, Alex ^a,b   Gindin, Tatyana ^a   Mezei, Mihaly ^a   Osman, Roman ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLOBULAR PROTEIN; PROTEIN TC5B; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; PROTEIN;

AB INITIO CALCULATION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HIGH TEMPERATURE; HYDRATION; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PREDICTION; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN STABILITY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; THERMODYNAMICS; THERMOSTABILITY; CHEMISTRY; PROTEIN CONFORMATION;

PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEINS;

EID: 55849087551     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0000446     Document Type: Article

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