Chemical properties of alcohols and their protein binding sites

Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences

Volumn 57, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 265-275

  Dwyer, D S ^a   Bradley, R J ^a  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIV MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Alcohol; Chemistry; Ethanol; Hydrogen bonds; Protein structure

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; PROTEIN;

BINDING SITE; CHEMICAL BINDING; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; HYDROGEN BOND; MUTAGENESIS; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; REVIEW; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY;

EID: 0034064407     PISSN: 1420682X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/PL00000689     Document Type: Review

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