Solvent-exposed trytophans probe the dynamics at protein surfaces

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 77, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 1100-1106

  Lakshmikanth, G S ^a   Krishnamoorthy, G ^a  

^a TATA INSTITUTE OF FUNDAMENTAL RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLYCEROL; MYELIN BASIC PROTEIN; PROTEIN; SOLVENT; SUBTILISIN; TRYPTOPHAN; WATER;

ANISOTROPY; ARTICLE; FLUORESCENCE; HYDRATION; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; PROTEIN DENATURATION; PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; VISCOSITY; BIOPHYSICS; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; FLUORESCENCE POLARIZATION; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; SURFACE PROPERTY; THERMODYNAMICS;

BIOPHYSICS; FLUORESCENCE POLARIZATION; GLYCEROL; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MYELIN BASIC PROTEINS; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN DENATURATION; PROTEINS; SOLVENTS; SUBTILISINS; SURFACE PROPERTIES; THERMODYNAMICS; TRYPTOPHAN; VISCOSITY; WATER;

EID: 0032586678     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3495(99)76960-2     Document Type: Article

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