Conformational analysis and clustering of short and medium size loops connecting regular secondary structures: A database for modeling and prediction

Protein Science

Volumn 5, Issue 12, 1996, Pages 2600-2616

  Donate, Luis E ^a   Rufino, Stephen D ^a   Canard, Luc H J ^a,b   Blundell, Tom L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b LMCP   (France)

Author keywords

biological functions of; classes; conformation; loop analysis; protein secondary structure; structure modeling and prediction

Indexed keywords

PARVALBUMIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; DATA BASE; DECISION MAKING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY;

EID: 0030449155     PISSN: 09618368     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pro.5560051223     Document Type: Article

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