Insights into the molecular mechanisms of protein stabilization by osmolytes of hyperthermophiles

Tiago V. D. Moreira Pais

Dissertation presented to obtain the Ph.D. degree in Biochemistry

Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica | Universidade Nova de Lisboa

stabilization by osmolytes of hyperthermophiles

Oeiras,

Tiago Vasconcelos Duarte Moreira Pais

Dissertation presented to obtain the Ph.D. degree in Biochemistry

Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica | Universidade Nova de Lisboa

Oeiras, December, 2011

mechanisms of protein stabilization by

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