Structural motifs at protein-protein interfaces: Protein cores versus two-state and three-state model complexes

Protein Science

Volumn 6, Issue 9, 1997, Pages 1793-1805

  Tsai, Chung Jung ^a   Xu, Dong ^b   Nussinov, Ruth ^a,b,c  

^a NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b SAIC FREDERICK INC   (United States)

^c TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Hydrophobic effect; Motifs; Protein folding; Protein protein interfaces; Protein protein recognition; Structural comparison

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; HYDROPHOBICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION;

EID: 0030768266     PISSN: 09618368     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pro.5560060901     Document Type: Article

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