Inter-residue potentials in globular proteins and the dominance of highly specific hydrophilic interactions at close separation

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 266, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 195-214

  Bahar, I ^a,b   Jernigan, R L ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

^b BOGAZICI UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Globular protein structures; Homogeneous interactions; Potentials of mean force; Radial distribution functions; Specific interactions

Indexed keywords

GLOBULAR PROTEIN;

ALGORITHM; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; HYDROPHILICITY; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN STABILITY;

EID: 0031566950     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmbi.1996.0758     Document Type: Article

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