Native proteins are surface-molten solids: Application of the Lindemann criterion for the solid versus liquid state

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 285, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 1371-1375

  Zhou, Yaoqi ^a   Vitkup, Dennis ^a,b   Karplus, Martin ^a,c  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE STRASBOURG   (France)

Author keywords

Glass transition; Internal fluctuations; Phase diagram; Protein dynamics; Protein thermodynamics

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; LIQUID; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN STABILITY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; SIMULATION; SOLID; TEMPERATURE; THERMODYNAMICS; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

EID: 0033613906     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmbi.1998.2374     Document Type: Article

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