Reaching the protein folding speed limit with large, sub-microsecond pressure jumps

Nature Methods

Volumn 6, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 515-519

  Dumont, Charles ^a   Emilsson, Tryggvi ^b   Gruebele, Martin ^a,b  

^a University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MUTANT PROTEIN;

APPARATUS; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; FLUORESCENCE ANALYSIS; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DENATURATION; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN REFOLDING; SUB MICROSECOND PRESSURE DROP;

BIOPHYSICAL PHENOMENA; BIOPHYSICS; MINIATURIZATION; PRESSURE; PROTEIN DENATURATION; PROTEIN FOLDING; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; THERMODYNAMICS; TIME FACTORS; VIRAL REGULATORY AND ACCESSORY PROTEINS;

EID: 67649589198     PISSN: 15487091     EISSN: 15491676     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nmeth.1336     Document Type: Article

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