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A review about nothing: Are apolar cavities in proteins really empty?

  1. Brian W. Matthews*,
  2. Lijun Liu

Article first published online: 12 JAN 2009

DOI: 10.1002/pro.61

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Protein Science

Protein Science

Volume 18, Issue 3, pages 494–502, March 2009

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Matthews, B. W. and Liu, L. (2009), A review about nothing: Are apolar cavities in proteins really empty?. Protein Science, 18: 494–502. doi: 10.1002/pro.61

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  1. Institute of Molecular Biology and Department of Physics, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, 1229 University of Oregon, Eugene, Oregon 97403-1229

*Institute of Molecular Biology and Department of Physics, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, 1229 University of Oregon, Eugene, Oregon 97403-1229

Publication History

  1. Issue published online: 23 FEB 2009
  2. Article first published online: 12 JAN 2009
  3. Accepted manuscript online: 12 JAN 2009 12:00AM EST
  4. Manuscript Accepted: 24 DEC 2008
  5. Manuscript Revised: 23 DEC 2008
  6. Manuscript Received: 11 NOV 2008

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  • NIH. Grant Number: GM21967

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