Winter flounder 'antifreeze' proteins: Synthesis and ice growth inhibition of analogues that probe the relative importance of hydrophobic and hydrogen-bonding interactions

Journal of the American Chemical Society

Volumn 121, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 941-948

  Haymet, A D J ^a   Ward, Leanne G ^b   Harding, Margaret M ^b  

^a University of Houston   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIFREEZE PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; COLD TOLERANCE; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; FLOUNDER; HYDROGEN BOND; HYDROPHOBICITY; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS REGULATION;

EID: 0033540633     PISSN: 00027863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ja9801341     Document Type: Article

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