What are the dielectric "constants" of proteins and how to validate electrostatic models?

Proteins: Structure, Function and Genetics

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 400-417

  Schutz, Claudia N ^a   Warshel, Arieh ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Electrostatic energies; Ion pairs in proteins; Protein dielectric constants; Self energy

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN;

DIELECTRIC CONSTANT; ELECTRICITY; ENERGY; MICROSCOPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; REVIEW;

ELECTROSTATICS; IONS; MODELS, CHEMICAL; PROTEINS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 0035451052     PISSN: 08873585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/prot.1106     Document Type: Review

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