Insight into a random coil conformation and an isolated helix: Structural and dynamical characterisation of the C-helix peptide from hen lysozyme

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 261, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 443-453

  Bolin, Kimberly A ^a   Pitkeathly, Maureen ^a   Miranker, Andrew ^a   Smith, Lorna J ^a   Dobson, Christopher M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Hydrogen exchange; Nuclear magnetic resonance; Peptide; Protein folding; Random coil

Indexed keywords

LYSOZYME; PEPTIDE; TRIFLUOROETHANOL;

ARTICLE; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; DATA BASE; HEN; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; NUCLEAR OVERHAUSER EFFECT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN FOLDING;

EID: 0030599012     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmbi.1996.0475     Document Type: Article

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