Statistical characterization of salt bridges in proteins

Proteins: Structure, Function and Genetics

Volumn 60, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 732-739

  Sarakatsannis, James N ^a   Duan, Yong ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Proteins structure and folding mechanism; Salt bridges

Indexed keywords

SOLVENT;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; ELECTRICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; SALT BRIDGE; SOLVATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SURFACE PROPERTY;

AMINO ACIDS; BINDING SITES; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, X-RAY; DATABASES, PROTEIN; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEINS; SALTS; SOLVENTS; SURFACE PROPERTIES;

EID: 24644431966     PISSN: 08873585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/prot.20549     Document Type: Article

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