Automatic classification and analysis of αα-turn motifs in proteins

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 255, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 235-253

  Wintjens, René T ^a   Rooman, Marianne J ^a   Wodak, Shoshana J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Helix capping interaction; Secondary structure connections; Sequence and structure conservation; Structural families

Indexed keywords

DNA BINDING PROTEIN; HELIX LOOP HELIX PROTEIN;

ALPHA HELIX; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE; PROTEIN STABILITY;

EID: 0029863769     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmbi.1996.0020     Document Type: Article

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