The optimal fraction of hydrophobic residues required to ensure protein collapse

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 344, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 797-811

  Miao, Jiangbo ^a   Klein Seetharaman, Judith ^a,b   Meirovitch, Hagai ^b  

^a CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

HP model; hydrophobic clusters; percolation theory; protein collapse

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CALCULATION; COVALENT BOND; ELECTRIC ACTIVITY; HYDROPHOBICITY; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; MOLECULAR MODEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; THERMODYNAMICS; X RAY ANALYSIS;

ANETHUM GRAVEOLENS;

EID: 7944221430     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2004.09.061     Document Type: Article

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