The 'glass transition' in protein dynamics: What it is, why it occurs, and how to exploit it

Biophysical Chemistry

Volumn 105, Issue 2-3, 2003, Pages 667-680

  Ringe, Dagmar ^a   Petsko, Gregory A ^a  

^a BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Collective motions; Glass transition; Protein dynamics; Protein function; Protein structure; X ray crystallography

Indexed keywords

GLASS; SOLVENT;

ARTICLE; ATOM; CATALYSIS; CHEMICAL BOND; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; GLASS TRANSITION TEMPERATURE; LIQUID; LOW TEMPERATURE; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN STABILITY; REACTION ANALYSIS; SURFACE PROPERTY; VIBRATION; VISCOSITY;

EID: 0141560454     PISSN: 03014622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0301-4622(03)00096-6     Document Type: Article

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