Heterogeneity of packing: Structural approach

Protein Science

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 897-905

  Kurochkina, Natalya ^a   Privalov, George ^a  

^a Applied Thermodynamics   (United States)

Author keywords

Cellular signal transduction; Diffusion; Internal motions; Packing density of proteins; Protein architecture; Ridges into grooves packing model

Indexed keywords

ALPHA HELIX; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; DIFFUSION; HYDROGEN BOND; LIGAND BINDING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 0031977052     PISSN: 09618368     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pro.5560070407     Document Type: Article

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