Why are proteins so robust to site mutations?

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 315, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 479-484

  Taverna, Darin M ^a   Goldstein, Richard A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Molecular evaluation; Mutagenesis; Protein folding; Protein stability; Site substitution

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; PLASTICITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN STABILITY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS;

EID: 0036306115     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmbi.2001.5226     Document Type: Article

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