C-capping and helix stability: The pro C-capping motif

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 274, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 276-288

  Prieto, Jesús ^a   Serrano, Luis ^a  

^a EUROPEAN MOLECULAR BIOLOGY LABORATORY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Circular dichroism; Helix coil; Nuclear magnetic resonance; Protein stability; helix

Indexed keywords

ALIPHATIC AMINE; HISTIDINE; PHENYLALANINE; PROLINE;

ALPHA HELIX; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; DATA BASE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN STABILITY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; ULTRAVIOLET SPECTROSCOPY;

EID: 0030691777     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmbi.1997.1322     Document Type: Article

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