Polymer crowders and protein crowders act similarly on protein folding stability

FEBS Letters

Volumn 587, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 394-397

  Zhou, Huan Xiang ^a  

^a Florida State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Crossover temperature; Macromolecular crowding; Protein folding

Indexed keywords

CHYMOTRYPSIN INHIBITOR; LYSOZYME; POLYMER;

ARTICLE; ENTHALPY; ENTROPY; MACROMOLECULE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN STABILITY; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE; THERMODYNAMICS;

ALGORITHMS; ANIMALS; CATTLE; MODELS, MOLECULAR; PEPTIDES; PLANT PROTEINS; POVIDONE; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN STABILITY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; SERUM ALBUMIN, BOVINE; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 84874194203     PISSN: 00145793     EISSN: 18733468     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.febslet.2013.01.030     Document Type: Article

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