Standardizing the free energy change of transmembrane helix-helix interactions

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 323, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 563-571

  Fleming, Karen G ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Membrane protein; Protein folding; Thermodynamics; helix association

Indexed keywords

GLYCOPHORIN A; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; POLYPEPTIDE; SOLVENT;

ALPHA HELIX; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL REACTION; DILUTION; DIMERIZATION; ENERGY; HYDROPHOBICITY; MICELLE; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; STATISTICS; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 0036408542     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-2836(02)00920-8     Document Type: Article

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