Tolerance of a protein to multiple polar-to-hydrophobic surface substitutions

Protein Science

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 318-325

  Cordes, Matthew H J ^a   Sauer, Robert T ^a,b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Aggregation; Arc repressor; Combinatorial mutagenesis; Denatured state; Protein folding; Thermal stability

Indexed keywords

MUTANT PROTEIN; PROTEIN ARC; REPRESSOR PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIOPHAGE; HYDROPHOBICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN AGGREGATION; PROTEIN DENATURATION; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN STABILITY;

EID: 0033006220     PISSN: 09618368     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1110/ps.8.2.318     Document Type: Article

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