Are proteins well-packed?

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 81, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 751-766

  Liang, Jie ^a   Dill, Ken A ^b  

^a University of Illinois at Chicago   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DENSITY; ENTHALPY; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE;

EID: 0034901412     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3495(01)75739-6     Document Type: Article

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