Principles of helix-helix packing in proteins: The helical lattice superposition model

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 255, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 536-553

  Walther, Dirk ^a   Eisenhaber, Frank ^a,b   Argos, Patrick ^a  

^a EUROPEAN MOLECULAR BIOLOGY LABORATORY   (Germany)

^b HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Helix; Helix packing; Protein; Protein folding; Protein secondary structure

Indexed keywords

ALANINE; GLOBULAR PROTEIN;

ALPHA HELIX; ARTICLE; DISULFIDE BOND; GEOMETRY; HYDROGEN BOND; HYDROPHOBICITY; MODEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FOLDING;

EID: 0029867179     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmbi.1996.0044     Document Type: Article

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