High apparent dielectric constant inside a protein reflects structural reorganization coupled to the ionization of an internal Asp.

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Published in Biophys J on December 15, 2006

Authors

Daniel A Karp1, Apostolos G Gittis, Mary R Stahley, Carolyn A Fitch, Wesley E Stites, Bertrand García-Moreno E

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Biophysics, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, USA.

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