Role of flexibility and polarity as determinants of the hydration of internal cavities and pockets in proteins

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 93, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 2791-2804

  Damjanović, Ana ^a,d   Schlessman, Jamie L ^b   Fitch, Carolyn A ^a   García, Angel E ^c   García Moreno E, Bertrand ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNITED STATES NAVAL ACADEMY   (United States)

^c RENSSELAER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d NATIONAL HEART LUNG AND BLOOD INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NANOTUBE; WATER;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; DEHYDRATION; HYDRATION; HYDROPHILICITY; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULE; NONHUMAN; POLARIZATION; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; ROOM TEMPERATURE; SIMULATION;

EID: 35349013541     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1529/biophysj.107.104182     Document Type: Article

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