Role of Electrostatic Screening in Determining Protein Main Chain Conformational Preferences

Biochemistry

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 1995, Pages 755-764

  Avbelj, Franc ^a,b   Moult, John ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BIOTECHNOLOGY INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b National Institute of Chemistry   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ENTROPY; FORCE; HYDROPHOBICITY; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN STABILITY; STEREOSPECIFICITY;

ELECTROCHEMISTRY; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; PROTEINS; STRUCTURE-ACTIVITY RELATIONSHIP; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 0028960071     PISSN: 00062960     EISSN: 15204995     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/bi00003a008     Document Type: Article

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