Evidence for a molten globule state as a general intermediate in protein folding
- 12 March 1990
- journal article
- Published by Wiley in FEBS Letters
- Vol. 262 (1), 20-24
- https://doi.org/10.1016/0014-5793(90)80143-7
Abstract
We propose that the formation of the transient molten globule state occurs early on the pathway of folding of all globular proteins.Keywords
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