The stability of proteins in extreme environments

Current Opinion in Structural Biology

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 738-748

  Jaenicke, Rainer ^a   Böhm, Gerald ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF REGENSBURG   (Germany)

^b MARTIN LUTHER UNIVERSITY HALLE WITTENBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; PROTEIN;

HALOPHILIC BACTERIUM; HYDROGEN BOND; HYDROPHOBICITY; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN STABILITY; REVIEW; THERMOPHILIC BACTERIUM; THERMOSTABILITY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 0032438190     PISSN: 0959440X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0959-440X(98)80094-8     Document Type: Article

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