Computation of electrostatic complements to proteins: A case of charge stabilized binding

Protein Science

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 206-210

  Chong, Lillian T ^a   Dempster, Sara E ^a   Hendsch, Zachary S ^a   Lee, Lee Peng ^a   Tidor, Bruce ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Continuum electrostatics; Electrostatic complement; Protein binding; Rational ligand design

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; ELECTRICITY; LIGAND BINDING; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING;

EID: 0031891022     PISSN: 09618368     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pro.5560070122     Document Type: Article

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