Sub-nanoscale surface ruggedness provides a water-tight seal for exposed regions in soluble protein structure

PLoS ONE

Volumn 5, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 1-5

  Schulz, Erica ^a   Frechero, Marisa ^a   Appignanesi, Gustavo ^a   Fernández, Ariel ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DEL SUR   (Argentina)

^b Rice University   (United States)

^c THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PEPTIDE; WATER; PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; HYDRATION; HYDROGEN BOND; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; PROTEIN DATABASE; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; SURFACE PROPERTY; THERMODYNAMICS; WATER TRANSPORT; CHEMISTRY; SOLUBILITY;

HYDROGEN BONDING; PROTEINS; SOLUBILITY; THERMODYNAMICS; WATER;

EID: 77958613759     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0012844     Document Type: Article

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