Design of proteins with selected thermal properties

Folding and Design

Volumn 1, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 391-405

  Morrissey, Michael P ^a   Shakhnovich, Eugene I ^b  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cumulant; Design; Protein; Stability; Thermostable

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DRUG DESIGN; HUMAN; PROTEIN FOLDING; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; TEMPERATURE;

ANIMALS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DRUG DESIGN; HUMANS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEINS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 0030322731     PISSN: 13590278     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1359-0278(96)00054-5     Document Type: Article

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