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Evaluation at atomic resolution of the role of strain in destabilizing the temperature-sensitive T4 lysozyme mutant Arg 96 → His

  1. Blaine H. M. Mooers†,
  2. Dale E. Tronrud‡,
  3. Brian W. Matthews*

Article first published online: 23 FEB 2009

DOI: 10.1002/pro.93

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Protein Science

Protein Science

Volume 18, Issue 5, pages 863–870, May 2009

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Mooers, B. H. M., Tronrud, D. E. and Matthews, B. W. (2009), Evaluation at atomic resolution of the role of strain in destabilizing the temperature-sensitive T4 lysozyme mutant Arg 96 → His. Protein Science, 18: 863–870. doi: 10.1002/pro.93

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

  1. †

    Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, OK 73126-0901

  2. ‡

    Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR 97331

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

Publication History

  1. Issue published online: 21 APR 2009
  2. Article first published online: 23 FEB 2009
  3. Accepted manuscript online: 23 FEB 2009 12:00AM EST
  4. Manuscript Revised: 21 FEB 2009
  5. Manuscript Accepted: 12 FEB 2009
  6. Manuscript Received: 2 JAN 2009

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  • NIH. Grant Number: GM21967

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