Free energy determinants of secondary structure formation: III. β-turns and their role in protein folding

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 259, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 873-882

  Yang, An Suei ^a   Hitz, Benjamin ^a   Honig, Barry ^a  

^a Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

Author keywords

Conformational entropy; Protein folding; Protein stability; Sequence preference; turn

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE; PROTEIN STABILITY;

EID: 0030596522     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmbi.1996.0364     Document Type: Article

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