Impact of urea on water structure: A clue to its properties as a denaturant?

Biophysical Chemistry

Volumn 105, Issue 2-3, 2003, Pages 649-666

  Soper, A K ^a   Castner, E W ^b   Luzar, Alenka ^c  

^a RUTHERFORD APPLETON LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^b RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Hydration; Isotope substitution; Neutron diffraction; Protein denaturation

Indexed keywords

AMINE; CARBONYL DERIVATIVE; HYDROGEN; NITROGEN; UREA; WATER;

ARTICLE; ATOM; CHEMICAL BOND; DATA ANALYSIS; DENATURATION; DENSITY; DIFFRACTION; EXPERIMENT; HYDROGEN BOND; ISOTOPE LABELING; NEUTRON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEGREGATION ANALYSIS; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER STRUCTURE; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

EID: 0141560450     PISSN: 03014622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0301-4622(03)00095-4     Document Type: Article

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