Fast-folding experiments and the topography of protein folding energy landscapes.

The rapid folding of certain proteins can be described theoretically using an energy landscape in the shape of a folding funnel. New techniques have allowed the examination of fast-folding events that occur in microseconds or less, and have tested the predictions of the theoretical models.

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