On the role of some conserved and nonconserved amino acid residues in the transitional state and intermediate of apomyoglobin folding

Molecular Biology

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 123-133

  Baryshnikova, E N ^a   Melnik, B S ^a   Balobanov, V A ^a   Katina, N S ^a   Finkelshtein, A V ^a   Semisotnov, G V ^a   Bychkova, V E ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF PROTEIN RESEARCH   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Apomyoglobin; Folding nucleus; Folding rate; Intermediate state; Protein folding; Transition state

Indexed keywords

EID: 61349122791     PISSN: 00268933     EISSN: 16083245     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1134/S0026893309010178     Document Type: Article

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