Protein thermal stability, hydrogen bonds, and ion pairs

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 269, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 631-643

  Vogt, Gerhard ^a   Woell, Stefanie ^a   Argos, Patrick ^a  

^a EUROPEAN MOLECULAR BIOLOGY LABORATORY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Electrostatic interactions; Hydrogen bonds; Protein folding; Protein thermostability; Solvation energy

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN; WATER;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENETIC ENGINEERING; HYDROGEN BOND; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN STABILITY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; THERMOSTABILITY;

EID: 0031580199     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmbi.1997.1042     Document Type: Article

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