Hydrophobicity scale of amino acids as determined by absorption millimeter spectroscopy: Correlation with heat capacities of aqueous solutions

Zeitschrift fur Naturforschung Section C - Journal of Biosciences

Volumn 52, Issue 3-4, 1997, Pages 227-234

  Vorob'ev, Mikhail M ^a  

^a A N NESMEYANOV INSTITUTE OF ORGANOELEMENT COMPOUNDS   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Amino Acid Hydration; Heat Capacity; Hydrophobicity Scale; Millimeter Spectroscopy

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030973714     PISSN: 09395075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/znc-1997-3-414     Document Type: Article

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