A Survey of λ Repressor Fragments from Two-State to Downhill Folding

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 397, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 789-798

  Liu, Feng ^a   Gao, Yi Gui ^a   Gruebele, Martin ^a  

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

Author keywords

CD; cold denaturation; fluorescence; heat denaturation; temperature jump

Indexed keywords

MUTANT PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BIOENGINEERING; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; HIGH TEMPERATURE; MELTING POINT; MOLECULAR PROBE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN STABILITY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; WILD TYPE; X RAY;

EID: 77649340195     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2010.01.071     Document Type: Article

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