Heptad breaks in α-helical coiled coils: Stutters and stammers

Proteins: Structure, Function and Genetics

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 134-145

  Brown, Jerry H ^a   Cohen, Carolyn ^a   Parry, David A D ^b  

^a BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

fibrous proteins; hemagglutinin; mannose binding protein; protein engineering; structure prediction; supercoiling

Indexed keywords

HEMAGGLUTININ; MANNOSE BINDING PROTEIN; MYOSIN;

ALPHA HELIX; ARTICLE; GENETIC ENGINEERING; HYDROPHOBICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE;

PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEINS;

EID: 0029957901     PISSN: 08873585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0134(199610)26:2<134::AID-PROT3>3.0.CO;2-G     Document Type: Article

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