Charge centers and formation of the protein folding core

Proteins: Structure, Function and Genetics

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 353-364

  Torshin, Ivan Y ^a,b   Harrison, Robert W ^a,b  

^a THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Electrostatic interactions; Folding nucleation sites; Protien folding and stability; Protien folding core

Indexed keywords

ALPHA LACTALBUMIN; APOMYOGLOBIN; APROTININ; BARNASE; CARDIOTOXIN; CHYMOTRYPSIN INHIBITOR; CYTOCHROME C; INTERLEUKIN 1BETA; LYSOZYME; NUCLEASE; PROTEIN; RIBONUCLEASE A; RIBONUCLEASE T1; UBIQUITIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; ELECTRICITY; HEN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN STABILITY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS;

AMINO ACID MOTIFS; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; ELECTROSTATICS; MODELS, CHEMICAL; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEINS;

EID: 0035371113     PISSN: 08873585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/prot.1048     Document Type: Article

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