Small-angle X-ray scattering and single-molecule FRET spectroscopy produce highly divergent views of the low-denaturant unfolded state

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 418, Issue 3-4, 2012, Pages 226-236

  Yoo, Tae Yeon ^a   Meisburger, Steve P ^b   Hinshaw, James ^a   Pollack, Lois ^b   Haran, Gilad ^c   Sosnick, Tobin R ^a,d   Plaxco, Kevin ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b Cornell University   (United States)

^c WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Israel)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

coil to globule; hydrophobic collapse; nonspecific; physiological unfolded state

Indexed keywords

GUANIDINE; POLYPEPTIDE; PROTEIN; PROTEIN L; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); DATA ANALYSIS; DILUTION; FLUORESCENCE RESONANCE ENERGY TRANSFER; KINETICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN AGGREGATION; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN UNFOLDING; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY;

EID: 84859266139     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: 10898638     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2012.01.016     Document Type: Article

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