The new view of folding From Levinthal to pathways to funnels Ken A. Dill and Hue Sun Chan Nature Structural Biology, January 1997 volume 4 no. 1

Abstract

A new view of protein folding kinetics replaces the idea of 'folding pathways' with the broader notions of energy landscapes and folding funnels. New experiments are needed to explore them.

Figure gallery

Here are some figures I produced for Ken A. Dill (dill@maxwell.ucsf.edu) and Hue Sun Chan's (chan@maxwell.ucsf.edu) paper From Levinthal to pathways to funnels in nature structural biology, Volume 4 number 1, January 1997, pp. 10-19. You're welcome to download and reuse them, provided you cite the paper.

The figures are either compressed (gnuzip) PostScript files, or jpeg. Most graphical browsers can display jpeg files. You might need to tinker with your browser to display the PostScript files, but they should give superior resolution once you download them. If you have problems with the file format, let's talk: lsch@maxwell.ucsf.edu.

There's a Mac version of gnuzip at MacGzip, and one for DOS at DOS gnuzip. However ... to unzip that file, you'll need unzip DOS unzip. The wonders of GNU (and other) free software, eh!

• You can browse the jpeg figures in the gallery. The graphics files are modest (six files of approx 40k each), so this should be reasonable except on a slow link.
• You can download the compressed PostScript (*.ps.gz) files listed in the dispensary.

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