Posttransition state desolvation of the hydrophobic core of the src-SH3 protein domain

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 85, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 61-69

  Guo, Weihua ^a,b   Lampoudi, Sotiria ^a,c   Shea, Joan Emma ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^c University of California   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN; SOLVENT; SRC SH3 PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WATER;

ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CHEMICAL REACTION; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; ENERGY; HYDROGEN BOND; HYDROPHOBICITY; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTON TRANSPORT; SIMULATION; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; SURFACE PROPERTY; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 0037974485     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3495(03)74454-3     Document Type: Article

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