Analysis of the effect of local interactions on protein stability

Folding and Design

Volumn 1, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 167-178

  Muñoz, Victor ^a   Cronet, Philippe ^a   López Hernández, Eva ^a   Serrano, Luis ^a  

^a EUROPEAN MOLECULAR BIOLOGY LABORATORY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Alpha helix; Mutagenesis; Protein folding; Secondary structure

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; METHYL ACCEPTING CHEMOTAXIS PROTEINS; METHYL-ACCEPTING CHEMOTAXIS PROTEINS; UREA;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG STABILITY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENETICS; KINETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MUTATION; PROTEIN DENATURATION; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS; THERMODYNAMICS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; DRUG STABILITY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; KINETICS; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTAGENESIS, SITE-DIRECTED; MUTATION; PROTEIN DENATURATION; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; THERMODYNAMICS; UREA;

EID: 0030348048     PISSN: 13590278     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1359-0278(96)00029-6     Document Type: Article

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