Sequence-specific size, structure, and stability of tight protein knots

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 96, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 831-839

  Dzubiella, Joachim ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLYCINE; PEPTIDE; WATER;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; BIOTECHNOLOGY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HYDROGEN BOND; HYDROPHOBICITY; MACROMOLECULE; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR SIZE; NANOTECHNOLOGY; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN STABILITY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PROTEIN CONFORMATION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; HYDROGEN BONDING; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PEPTIDES; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN STABILITY; WATER;

EID: 61549130600     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: 15420086     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bpj.2008.10.019     Document Type: Article

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