The origin of nonmonotonic complex behavior and the effects of nonnative interactions on the diffusive properties of protein folding

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 99, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 600-608

  Oliveira, Ronaldo J ^a   Whitford, Paul C ^b,c,f   Chahine, Jorge ^a   Wang, Jin ^d,e   Onuchic, José N ^f   Leite, Vitor B P ^a  

^a SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

^b LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e CHANGCHUN INSTITUTE OF APPLIED CHEMISTRY   (China)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; BACTERIAL PROTEIN;

CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIFFUSION; ENTROPY; METABOLISM; PROTEIN FOLDING; TEMPERATURE; THERMOTOGA MARITIMA;

AMINO ACIDS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIFFUSION; ENTROPY; MODELS, MOLECULAR; PROTEIN FOLDING; TEMPERATURE; THERMOTOGA MARITIMA;

EID: 77955200083     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: 15420086     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bpj.2010.04.041     Document Type: Article

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