Simulating the minimum core for hydrophobic collapse in globular proteins

Protein Science

Volumn 6, Issue 12, 1997, Pages 2606-2616

  Tsai, Jerry ^a   Gerstein, Mark ^a,b   Levitt, Michael ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aqueous solutions; Delauney Tessellation; Hydrophobic collapse; Isobutylene; Methane; Molecular dynamics simulation; Protein hydrophobic core; Urea; Voronoi polyhedra

Indexed keywords

GLOBULAR PROTEIN; ISOBUTYLENE; METHANE;

AQUEOUS SOLUTION; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; COLLAPSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; HYDROPHOBICITY; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FOLDING; SIMULATION;

EID: 0031454652     PISSN: 09618368     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pro.5560061212     Document Type: Article

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