Amino/aromatic interactions in proteins: Is the evidence stacked against hydrogen bonding?

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 239, Issue 2, 1994, Pages 315-331

  Mitchell, John B O ^a   Nandi, C Lilian ^b   McDonald, Ian K ^b   Thornton, Janet M ^b   Price, Sarah L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Amino aromatic interactions; Competition; Hydrogen bonding; Molecular modelling; Protein structure analysis

Indexed keywords

EID: 0028301445     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmbi.1994.1370     Document Type: Article

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