Increasing the thermostability of staphylococcal nuclease: Implications for the origin of protein thermostability

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 303, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 125-130

  Chen, Junmei ^a   Lu, Zhiqiang ^a   Sakon, Joshua ^a   Stites, Wesley E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Hydrogen bonding; Packing; Stabilization; Van der Waals interactions

Indexed keywords

NUCLEASE;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; GENE REARRANGEMENT; HYDROGEN BOND; HYDROPHOBICITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DENATURATION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN STABILITY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; THERMOSTABILITY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); STAPHYLOCOCCUS;

EID: 0034692902     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmbi.2000.4140     Document Type: Article

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