Molecular basis for the effect of urea and guanidinium chloride on the dynamics of unfolded polypeptide chains

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 345, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 153-162

  Möglich, Andreas ^a   Krieger, Florian ^a   Kiefhaber, Thomas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

denaturant binding; polypeptide chain dynamics; protein folding; Schellman model; solvent denaturation

Indexed keywords

GUANIDINE; POLY(GLYCYLSERINE); POLYPEPTIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UREA;

ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; CHEMICAL BINDING; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; DIFFUSION; MODEL; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DENATURATION; PROTEIN FOLDING;

EID: 9644310200     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2004.10.036     Document Type: Article

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