Protein folding at single-molecule resolution

Biochimica et Biophysica Acta - Proteins and Proteomics

Volumn 1814, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1021-1029

  Ferreon, Allan Chris M ^a   Deniz, Ashok A ^a  

^a SCRIPPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Chaperone; Intrinsically disordered protein; Osmolyte; Protein dynamics; Protein folding landscapes; Single molecule

Indexed keywords

CELL PROTEIN; CHAPERONE; LYSOZYME;

ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; BIOMECHANICS; COMPUTER MODEL; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FLUORESCENCE RESONANCE ENERGY TRANSFER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN UNFOLDING; REVIEW; THERMODYNAMICS;

FLUORESCENCE RESONANCE ENERGY TRANSFER; LIGANDS; MICROSCOPY, ATOMIC FORCE; MOLECULAR CHAPERONES; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEINS;

EID: 79958825383     PISSN: 15709639     EISSN: 18781454     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbapap.2011.01.011     Document Type: Review

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