Denaturant-dependent folding of GFP

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 109, Issue 44, 2012, Pages 17832-17838

  Reddy, Govardhan ^a   Liu, Zhenxing ^b   Thirumalai, D ^a  

^a Bldg 142   (United States)

^b BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Complex folding landscape of GFP; Equilibrium and kinetic pathways; Multicanonical simulation; Multiple folding routes; Self organized polymer model

Indexed keywords

GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; GUANIDINE;

ACCURACY; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CHROMATOPHORE; HEAT TREATMENT; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DENATURATION; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; PROTEIN UNFOLDING;

GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; GUANIDINE; HOT TEMPERATURE; KINETICS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; PROTEIN DENATURATION; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY;

EID: 84868131399     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1201808109     Document Type: Article

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