Determination of α-helix propensity within the context of a folded protein: Sites 44 and 131 in bacteriophage T4 lysozyme

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 235, Issue 2, 1994, Pages 600-624

  Blaber, Michael ^a   Zhang, Xue Jun ^a   Lindstrom, Joel D ^a   Pepiot, Sheila D ^a   Baase, Walter A ^a   Matthews, Brian W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

Author keywords

Entropy; Helix coil; Helix structure; Hydrophobicity; Side chain conformation

Indexed keywords

LYSOZYME;

ARTICLE; BACTERIOPHAGE T4; ENTROPY; HYDROPHOBICITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE;

EID: 0028178528     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmbi.1994.1016     Document Type: Article

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