Hydration of denatured and molten globule proteins

Nature Structural Biology

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 253-260

  Denisov, Vladimir P ^a   Jonsson, Bengt Harald ^b   Halle, Bertil ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA LACTALBUMIN; CARBONATE DEHYDRATASE; GUANIDINE; LYSOZYME; MYOGLOBIN; RIBONUCLEASE A; WATER;

ARTICLE; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; HYDRATION; HYDROGEN BOND; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DENATURATION; PROTEIN FOLDING;

ANIMALS; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, X-RAY; GUANIDINE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; PROTEIN DENATURATION; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEINS; WATER;

EID: 0033012840     PISSN: 10728368     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/6692     Document Type: Article

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