Amino-acid substitutions in a surface turn modulate protein stability

Nature Structural Biology

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 54-58

  Predki, Paul F ^a,b   Agrawal, Vishal ^a   Brünger, Axel T ^a   Regan, Lynne ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CURAGEN CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; MUTAGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN STABILITY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; RNA BINDING; THERMODYNAMICS;

AMINO ACIDS; DITERPENES; POINT MUTATION; PROTEIN FOLDING; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 0030062459     PISSN: 10728368     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nsb0196-54     Document Type: Article

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