Polymer Uncrossing and Knotting in Protein Folding, and Their Role in Minimal Folding Pathways

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Mohazab, Ali R ^a   Plotkin, Steven S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA PROTEIN; KNOTTED PROTEIN; PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALPHA HELIX; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BETA SHEET; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENERGY TRANSFER; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN KNOTTING; PROTEIN UNCROSSING;

ALGORITHMS; HUMANS; KINETICS; MODELS, CHEMICAL; POLYMERS; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; PROTEIN UNFOLDING; PROTEINS; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 84872841352     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0053642     Document Type: Article

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