Implications of N and C-terminal proximity for protein folding

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 257, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 175-187

  Christopher, Jon A ^a   Baldwin, Thomas O ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

End to end distance; Minimization; Protein folding; Protein modeling; Protein structure

Indexed keywords

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN MODIFICATION; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION;

EID: 0029917139     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmbi.1996.0154     Document Type: Article

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