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Contributions of all 20 amino acids at site 96 to the stability and structure of T4 lysozyme

  1. Blaine H. M. Mooers1,2,†,
  2. Walter A. Baase1,2,
  3. Jonathan W. Wray1,2,‡,
  4. Brian W. Matthews1,2,*

Article first published online: 23 FEB 2009

DOI: 10.1002/pro.94

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Protein Science

Protein Science

Volume 18, Issue 5, pages 871–880, May 2009

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Mooers, B. H. M., Baase, W. A., Wray, J. W. and Matthews, B. W. (2009), Contributions of all 20 amino acids at site 96 to the stability and structure of T4 lysozyme. Protein Science, 18: 871–880. doi: 10.1002/pro.94

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  1. 1

    Institute of Molecular Biology, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, University of Oregon, Eugene, Oregon 97403-1229

  2. 2

    Department of Physics, University of Oregon, Eugene, Oregon 97403-1229

  1. †

    Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, PO Box 26901, BRC 466, Oklahoma City, OK 73126-0901

  2. ‡

    Pharmacofore, Inc., 75 Shoreway Road, San Carlos, CA 94707

*Institute of Molecular Biology, 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 Accepted: 12 FEB 2009
  5. Manuscript Revised: 11 FEB 2009
  6. Manuscript Received: 2 JAN 2009

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  • NIH. Grant Number: GM21967

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