Statistics and physical origins of pK and ionization state changes upon protein-ligand binding

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 98, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 872-880

  Aguilar, Boris ^a   Anandakrishnan, Ramu ^a   Ruscio, Jory Z ^c   Onufriev, Alexey V ^b  

^a State University   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c University of California at Berkeley   (United States)

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EID: 77749292431     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: 15420086     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bpj.2009.11.016     Document Type: Article

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