Proteins in organic solvents

Current Opinion in Structural Biology

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 761-764

  Mattos, Carla ^a   Ringe, Dagmar ^b  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ORGANIC SOLVENT; PROTEIN;

BINDING SITE; CATALYSIS; CLASSIFICATION; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; METHODOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN STABILITY; RESEARCH; REVIEW; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; SURFACE PROPERTY;

EID: 0035695918     PISSN: 0959440X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0959-440X(01)00278-0     Document Type: Review

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