Thermostability of salt bridges versus hydrophobic interactions in proteins probed by statistical potentials

Journal of Chemical Information and Modeling

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 119-127

  Folch, Benjamin ^a   Rooman, Marianne ^a   Dehouck, Yves ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYDROPHOBICITY; PROTEINS; STATISTICAL METHODS; THERMODYNAMIC STABILITY;

SALT BRIDGES; STATISTICAL POTENTIALS;

SALTS;

PROTEIN;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; ELECTRICITY; HYDROPHOBICITY; METABOLISM; PROTEIN DENATURATION; PROTEIN FOLDING; THERMODYNAMICS; TRANSITION TEMPERATURE;

ALGORITHMS; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; ELECTROSTATICS; HYDROPHOBICITY; MODELS, MOLECULAR; PROTEIN DENATURATION; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEINS; THERMODYNAMICS; TRANSITION TEMPERATURE;

EID: 39449128325     PISSN: 15499596     EISSN: 1549960X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ci700237g     Document Type: Article

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