Probing slowly exchanging protein systems via 13C α-CEST: Monitoring folding of the Im7 protein

Journal of Biomolecular NMR

Volumn 55, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 279-289

  Hansen, Alexandar L ^a   Bouvignies, Guillaume ^a   Kay, Lewis E ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

Author keywords

Chemical exchange saturation transfer (CEST); Im7; Protein dynamics; Protein folding; Slow chemical exchange

Indexed keywords

CARBON 13; PEPTIDES AND PROTEINS; PROTEIN IM7; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CARBON SOURCE; CHEMICAL EXCHANGE SATURATION TRANSFER; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; DISPERSION; MOLECULAR PROBE; OLIGOMERIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE; PROTON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; SIMULATION; THERMODYNAMICS;

CARBON ISOTOPES; CARRIER PROTEINS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; MONTE CARLO METHOD; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE, BIOMOLECULAR; PROTEIN FOLDING;

EID: 84877928193     PISSN: 09252738     EISSN: 15735001     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10858-013-9711-4     Document Type: Article

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