Experimentally determined hydrophobicity scale for proteins at membrane interfaces

Nature Structural Biology

Volumn 3, Issue 10, 1996, Pages 842-848

  Wimley, William C ^a   White, Stephen H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OLIGOPEPTIDE;

AMINO ACID COMPOSITION; HYDROGEN BOND; HYDROPHOBICITY; MEMBRANE FORMATION; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; PHOSPHOLIPID MEMBRANE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; HUMANS; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; PROTEIN FOLDING; WATER;

EID: 0029738872     PISSN: 10728368     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nsb1096-842     Document Type: Review

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