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Lone pair ··· π interactions between water oxygens and aromatic residues: Quantum chemical studies based on high-resolution protein structures and model compounds

  1. Alok Jain1,
  2. Venkatnarayan Ramanathan2,
  3. Ramasubbu Sankararamakrishnan1,*

Article first published online: 11 JAN 2009

DOI: 10.1002/pro.67

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Protein Science

Protein Science

Volume 18, Issue 3, pages 595–605, March 2009

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Jain, A., Ramanathan, V. and Sankararamakrishnan, R. (2009), Lone pair ··· π interactions between water oxygens and aromatic residues: Quantum chemical studies based on high-resolution protein structures and model compounds. Protein Science, 18: 595–605. doi: 10.1002/pro.67

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  1. 1

    Department of Biological Sciences and Bioengineering, Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh 208016, India

  2. 2

    Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh 208016, India

*Department of Biological Sciences and Bioengineering, Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh 208016, India

Publication History

  1. Issue published online: 23 FEB 2009
  2. Article first published online: 11 JAN 2009
  3. Accepted manuscript online: 11 JAN 2009 12:00AM EST
  4. Manuscript Accepted: 29 DEC 2008
  5. Manuscript Revised: 19 DEC 2008
  6. Manuscript Received: 7 NOV 2008

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