Osmolyte Influence on Protein Stability: Perspectives of Theory and Experiment

Modeling Solvent Environments: Applications to Simulations of Biomolecules

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 77-92

  Hu, Char ^a   Rösgen, Jörg ^b   Montgomery Pettitt, B ^c  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b University of Texas Medical Branch School of Medicine   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Aqueous solutions; Protein folding; TMAO; Urea

Indexed keywords

EID: 84872672143     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9783527629251.ch4     Document Type: Chapter

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