Hydrophobic clusters in protein structures

Proteins: Structure, Function and Genetics

Volumn 71, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 2012-2025

  Arunachalam, J ^a   Gautham, N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MADRAS   (India)

Author keywords

Cluster size; Hydrophobic clustering; Hydrophobic groups; Hydrophobic interactions

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; AMYLASE; DNA BINDING PROTEIN; EOSINOPHIL PROTEIN X; INTERNALIN; PEPSIN INHIBITOR 3; PROTEIN; PROTEIN C MYB; TALIN;

ARTICLE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; HYDROPHOBICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN STABILITY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, X-RAY; DATABASES, FACTUAL; HYDROPHOBICITY; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; PROTEINS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SOLUBILITY; SURFACE PROPERTIES; WATER;

EID: 44349092523     PISSN: 08873585     EISSN: 10970134     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/prot.21881     Document Type: Article

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