Thermostability of the N-terminal RNA-binding domain of the SARS-CoV nucleocapsid protein: Experiments and numerical simulations

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 96, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1892-1901

  Fang, Huey Jen ^a   Chen, Yong Zhong ^a   Mai, Suan Li ^c,d   Wu, Ming Chya ^a,e   Chang, Chun Ling ^a,e   Chang, Chung Ke ^b   Hsu, Yen Lan ^b   Huang, Tai Huang ^b   Chen, Hueih Min ^a,f   Tsong, Tian Yow ^g,h   Hu, Chin Kun ^a,i  

^a ACADEMIA SINICA   (Taiwan)

^b INSTITUTE OF BIOMEDICAL SCIENCES   (Taiwan)

^c INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS   (Poland)

^d INSTITUTE FOR COMPUTATIONAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Viet Nam)

^e NATIONAL CENTRAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^f NATIONAL NANO DEVICE LABORATORIES   (Taiwan)

^g INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS   (Taiwan)

^h NATIONAL CHIAO TUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

ⁱ CHUNG YUAN CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETIC ACID; GLYCINE; NUCLEOCAPSID PROTEIN; SODIUM CHLORIDE; SODIUM DIHYDROGEN PHOSPHATE; NUCLEOCAPSID PROTEIN, CORONAVIRUS; RNA;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BETA CHAIN; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETRY; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; NUCLEOTIDE BINDING SITE; PROTEIN FOLDING; RNA BINDING; SARS CORONAVIRUS; THERMODYNAMICS; THERMOSTABILITY; TRANSITION TEMPERATURE; ALGORITHM; CHEMICAL MODEL; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; METABOLISM; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; PROTEIN STABILITY; PROTEIN TERTIARY STRUCTURE; TEMPERATURE;

SARS CORONAVIRUS;

ALGORITHMS; CALORIMETRY, DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MODELS, CHEMICAL; MODELS, MOLECULAR; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE, BIOMOLECULAR; NUCLEOCAPSID PROTEINS; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN STABILITY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; RNA; SARS VIRUS; TEMPERATURE; THERMODYNAMICS; TRANSITION TEMPERATURE;

EID: 65549118368     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: 15420086     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bpj.2008.10.045     Document Type: Article

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