Spectroscopic studies of protein folding: Linear and nonlinear methods

Protein Science

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 157-170

  Serrano, Arnaldo L ^a   Waegele, Matthias M ^a   Gai, Feng ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

2D IR; Conformational probe; Conformational trigger; FCS; Fluorescence; FRET; Infrared; Isotope editing; Kinetics; Protein folding; Raman; Temperature jump

Indexed keywords

AZOBENZENE; DISULFIDE; ISOTOPE;

CHEMICAL BOND; CONFORMATION; FLUORESCENCE; FLUORESCENCE RESONANCE ENERGY TRANSFER; ISOMERIZATION; KINETICS; LASER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FOLDING; RAMAN SPECTROMETRY; REVIEW; SPECTROSCOPY; ULTRAVIOLET SPECTROSCOPY;

ANIMALS; AZO COMPOUNDS; HUMANS; KINETICS; LASERS; LINEAR MODELS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR CONFORMATION; NONLINEAR DYNAMICS; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEINS; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 84856189383     PISSN: 09618368     EISSN: 1469896X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pro.2006     Document Type: Review

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