Counteraction of urea by trimethylamine N-oxide is due to direct interaction

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 97, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 2559-2566

  Meersman, Filip ^a   Bowron, Daniel ^b   Soper, Alan K ^b   Koch, Michel H J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b RUTHERFORD APPLETON LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TRIMETHYLAMINE OXIDE; UREA;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL INTERACTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; HYDROGEN BOND; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE;

EID: 72249104136     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: 15420086     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bpj.2009.08.017     Document Type: Article

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