Crowding and hydration effects on protein conformation: A study with sol-gel encapsulated proteins

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 314, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 911-922

  Eggers, Daryl K ^a   Valentine, Joan S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Hofmeister series; Hydrophobic effect; Macromolecular crowding; Protein folding; Water structure

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN; WATER;

ARTICLE; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; HYDRATION; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; PHASE TRANSITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN STABILITY;

EID: 0035824871     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmbi.2001.5166     Document Type: Article

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