From Atoms in Amino Acids to the Genetic Code and Protein Stability, and Backwards

Quantum Biochemistry

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 423-472

  Matta, Chérif F ^a,b  

^a MOUNT SAINT VINCENT UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Amino acids; Dirac observables; DNA and RNA bases; Electron density; Genetic code; Hartree Fock and DFT calculations; Hydration energy; Partial molar volumes; Protein stability; Quantum theory of atoms in molecules (QTAIM); X ray crystallography

Indexed keywords

EID: 84885504838     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9783527629213.ch14     Document Type: Chapter

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