Theoretical perspectives on protein folding

Annual Review of Biophysics

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 159-183

  Thirumalai, D ^a   O'Brien, Edward P ^b   Morrison, Greg ^c   Hyeon, Changbong ^d  

^a Bldg 142   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^c HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Korea Institute for Advanced Study   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Molecular transfer model; Role of protein length; Single molecule force spectroscopy; Universality in protein folding

Indexed keywords

COLD SHOCK PROTEIN; GLOBULAR PROTEIN; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; RIBONUCLEASE;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; DISPERSION; ENERGY; FLUORESCENCE RESONANCE ENERGY TRANSFER; FORCE CORRELATION SPECTROSCOPY; IN VITRO STUDY; MOLECULAR MODEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; REVIEW; SIMULATION; SPECTROSCOPY; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE; THERMODYNAMICS; VALIDITY;

KINETICS; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; PROTEINS; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 77952931294     PISSN: 1936122X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev-biophys-051309-103835     Document Type: Review

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