Energetics of Protein Folding

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 371, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 283-301

  Baldwin, Robert L ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

backbone entropy; buried non polar surface; peptide hydrogen bonds; peptide solvation; van der Waals interactions

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; DISULFIDE; HYDROCARBON; HYDROGEN; PEPTIDE; PROTEIN; SODIUM CHLORIDE; WATER;

ALPHA HELIX; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CALCULATION; CONFORMATION; ELECTRICITY; ENERGY; ENERGY TRANSFER; ENTHALPY; ENTROPY; GAS; HYDRATION; HYDROGEN BOND; HYDROPHOBICITY; KNOWLEDGE; MOLECULE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ENGINEERING; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; REVIEW; SOLVATION; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE; VACUUM;

EID: 34447297323     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2007.05.078     Document Type: Review

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