NMR identification of hydrophobic cavities with low water occupancies in protein structures using small gas molecules

Nature Structural Biology

Volumn 4, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 396-404

  Otting, Gottfried ^a   Liepinsh, Edvards ^a   Halle, Bertil ^b   Frey, Urban ^c  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYCLOPROPANE; ETHYLENE; HYDROGEN; METHANE; WATER;

ARTICLE; GAS DIFFUSION; HYDROPHOBICITY; MOLECULAR MODEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; PROTON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS;

ALGORITHMS; ANIMALS; CHICKENS; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, X-RAY; EGG WHITE; GASES; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; MURAMIDASE; WATER;

EID: 0030892956     PISSN: 10728368     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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