The effects of ionic strength on protein stability: The cold shock protein family

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 319, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 541-554

  Dominy, Brian N ^a   Perl, Dieter ^b   Schmid, Franz X ^b   Brooks III, Charles L ^a  

^a SCRIPPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BAYREUTH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cold shock proteins; Electrostatics; Protein folding; Salt effects; Thermophilic proteins

Indexed keywords

COLD SHOCK PROTEIN; MUTANT PROTEIN; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; CALCULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECOMPOSITION; ELECTRICITY; IONIC STRENGTH; METHODOLOGY; MODEL; NONHUMAN; POINT MUTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FAMILY; PROTEIN STABILITY; PROTEIN VARIANT; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; THERMOSTABILITY; WILD TYPE;

EID: 0036303785     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-2836(02)00259-0     Document Type: Article

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