Local compressibilities of proteins: Comparison of optical experiments and simulations for horse heart cytochrome-c

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 89, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 64-75

  Scharnagl, Christina ^a   Reif, Maria ^a   Friedrich, Josef ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORE PROTEIN; CYTOCHROME C; GLYCEROL; HEART ENZYME; HEME; SOLVENT; WATER;

ARTICLE; COMPRESSIBILITY; HORSE; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NONHUMAN; OPTICS; SIMULATION; SPECTROSCOPY; THERMODYNAMICS; VOLUMETRY;

EQUUS CABALLUS;

EID: 23244434654     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1529/biophysj.104.057265     Document Type: Article

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