On Hydrophobicity and Conformational Specificity in Proteins

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 86, Issue 1 I, 2004, Pages 23-30

  Sandelin, Erik ^a  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLOBULAR PROTEIN; MONOMER;

AMINO ACID COMPOSITION; ARTICLE; ENERGY; HYDROPHOBICITY; MOLECULAR SIZE; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN STABILITY;

EID: 0347949638     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3495(04)74080-1     Document Type: Article

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