Simulations of fatty acid-binding proteins suggest sites important for function. I. Stearic acid

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 74, Issue 2 I, 1998, Pages 681-693

  Woolf, Thomas B ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FATTY ACID; FATTY ACID BINDING PROTEIN; STEARIC ACID; WATER;

ARTICLE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HYDROPHOBICITY; LIGAND BINDING; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; MUTAGENESIS; PROTEIN LIPID INTERACTION;

EID: 0031927462     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3495(98)73994-3     Document Type: Article

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