Topological quantities determining the folding/unfolding rate of two-state folding proteins

Journal of Solution Chemistry

Volumn 39, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 943-958

  Jung, Jaewoon ^a   Buglass, Alan J ^b   Lee, Eok Kyun ^b  

^a KOBE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST)   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Clustering coefficient; Contact order; Impact of edge removal; Long range order; Protein folding; Total contact distance

Indexed keywords

EID: 77958043887     PISSN: 00959782     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10953-010-9556-3     Document Type: Article

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