Conserved water molecules in a large family of microbial ribonucleases

Proteins: Structure, Function and Genetics

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 117-134

  Loris, Remy ^a   Langhorst, Ulrike ^b   De Vos, Stefan ^b   Decanniere, Klaas ^b   Bouckaert, Julie ^b   Maes, Dominique ^b   Transue, Thomas R ^b   Steyaert, Jan ^b  

^a VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Barnase; Hydration; Protein hydration; Ribonuclease; RNase T1

Indexed keywords

RIBONUCLEASE; WATER;

ARTICLE; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; HYDROGEN BOND; LIGAND BINDING; MOLECULAR MODEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN FAMILY; PROTEIN INTERACTION; SURFACE PROPERTY; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY;

EID: 0033168566     PISSN: 08873585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0134(19990701)36:1<117::AID-PROT10>3.0.CO;2-H     Document Type: Article

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