Uncovering the basis for nonideal behavior of biological molecules

Biochemistry

Volumn 43, Issue 45, 2004, Pages 14472-14484

  Rösgen, Jörg ^a,b   Pettitt, Bernard Montgomery ^b   Bolen, David Wayne ^a  

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

^b University of Houston   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACIDS; BIOCHEMISTRY; GLUCOSE; HYDRATION; PROTEINS; SUGAR (SUCROSE); THERMODYNAMICS;

BIOLOGICAL MOLECULES; MOLAR ACTIVITY;

BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS;

ALANINE; BETAINE; ERYTHRITOL; GLUCOSE; GLYCEROL; GLYCINE; MALTOSE; MANNITOL; MANNOSE; PROLINE; RAFFINOSE; SARCOSINE; SORBITOL; SUCROSE; UREA; XYLOSE;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); DENSITY; EXPERIMENTATION; HYDRATION; NONHUMAN; OSMOLALITY; OSMOLARITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN STABILITY; THERMODYNAMICS;

ANIMALS; HUMANS; MODELS, CHEMICAL; MODELS, MOLECULAR; OSMOLAR CONCENTRATION; PROTEIN FOLDING; SOLUTIONS; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 8544238504     PISSN: 00062960     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/bi048681o     Document Type: Article

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