Unified description of urea denaturation: Backbone and side chains contribute equally in the transfer model

Journal of Physical Chemistry B

Volumn 118, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 107-114

  Moeser, Beate ^a   Horinek, Dominik ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF REGENSBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DENATURATION; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; PROTEINS; UREA;

COMPENSATING ERRORS; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS SIMULATIONS; PROTEIN DENATURATION; SIDE-CHAINS; SOLVENT-ACCESSIBLE SURFACES; TRANSFER MODELS; UNIFIED DESCRIPTION;

CHAINS;

PROTEIN; UREA;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; PROTEIN DENATURATION;

MOLECULAR DYNAMICS SIMULATION; PROTEIN DENATURATION; PROTEINS; UREA;

EID: 84892576511     PISSN: 15206106     EISSN: 15205207     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp409934q     Document Type: Article

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