Conformational strain in the hydrophobic core and its implications for protein folding and design

Nature Structural Biology

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 485-493

  Ventura, Salvador ^a   Vega, Maria Cristina ^a   Lacroix, Emmanuel ^a   Angrand, Isabelle ^a   Spagnolo, Laura ^a   Serrano, Luis ^a  

^a EUROPEAN MOLECULAR BIOLOGY LABORATORY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELL PROTEIN; ISOLEUCINE; MUTANT PROTEIN; SPECTRIN; VALINE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; HYDROPHOBICITY; KINETICS; MUTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN STABILITY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; THERMODYNAMICS;

ALGORITHMS; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ANIMALS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, X-RAY; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; HUMANS; HYDROPHOBICITY; KINETICS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MUTATION; PHYLOGENY; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN DENATURATION; PROTEIN ENGINEERING; PROTEIN FOLDING; SPECTRIN; SRC HOMOLOGY DOMAINS; THERMODYNAMICS; UREA;

EID: 0036266942     PISSN: 10728368     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nsb799     Document Type: Article

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