Ionization States of Residues in OmpF and Mutants: Effects of Dielectric Constant and Interactions between Residues

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 86, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 690-704

  Varma, Sameer ^a   Jakobsson, Eric ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASPARTIC ACID; MUTANT PROTEIN; OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEIN F;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; DIELECTRIC CONSTANT; ELECTRICITY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ION PERMEABILITY; IONIZATION; NONHUMAN; PH; PROTON TRANSPORT;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 1142298543     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3495(04)74148-X     Document Type: Article

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