Probing the collective vibrational dynamics of a protein in liquid water by terahertz absorption spectroscopy

Protein Science

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 1175-1181

  Xu, Jing ^a   Plaxco, Kevin W ^a   Allen, S James ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Biopolymers; Collective vibrational modes; Far infrared; Free electron laser; Other spectroscopies; Submillimeter wave; Terahertz

Indexed keywords

BOVINE SERUM ALBUMIN; NANOPARTICLE;

ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; ARTICLE; ELASTICITY; LIQUID; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR MODEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; SIMULATION; SOLID STATE; SOLVATION; VIBRATION;

MATERIALS TESTING; PROTEINS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SERUM ALBUMIN, BOVINE; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY, ATOMIC; WATER;

BOVINAE;

EID: 33646155117     PISSN: 09618368     EISSN: 1469896X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1110/ps.062073506     Document Type: Article

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