Native topology of the designed protein top7 is not conducive to cooperative folding

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 96, Issue 3, 2009, Pages

  Zhang, Zhuqing ^a   Chan, Hue Sun ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN; PROTEIN TOP7; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; HYDROPHOBICITY; MOLECULAR MODEL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE; PROTEIN STABILITY; THERMODYNAMICS; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; DRUG DESIGN; METABOLISM; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN DATABASE;

DATABASES, PROTEIN; DRUG DESIGN; MODELS, MOLECULAR; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEINS; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 61549141060     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: 15420086     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bpj.2008.11.004     Document Type: Article

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