Free Energy Determinants of Secondary Structure Formation: I. Α-Helices

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 252, Issue 3, 1995, Pages 351-365

  Yang, An Suei ^a   Honig, Barry ^a  

^a Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

Author keywords

Conformational entropy; Helix coil transition; Hydrogen bonding; Protein stability; helix propensity

Indexed keywords

ALANINE; GLYCINE;

ARTICLE; ENTHALPY; ENTROPY; HYDROGEN BOND; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN STABILITY; PROTEIN TERTIARY STRUCTURE; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 0029121068     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmbi.1995.0502     Document Type: Article

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