Synthesis, structure and function of poly-α-amino acids - The simplest of protein models

Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences

Volumn 53, Issue 10, 1997, Pages 780-789

  Katchalski Katzir, E ^a  

^a WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Israel)

Author keywords

helix; pleated sheets; Antigenicity; Conformational fluctuations; Genetic code; Glutamine repeats; Helix coil transitions; Immobilized enzymes; Multiple sclerosis; Poly amino acids

Indexed keywords

POLYAMINOACID;

ALPHA HELIX; ENERGY TRANSFER; GENETIC CODE; MOLECULAR MODEL; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN DENATURATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; ANTIGENS; BIOPOLYMERS; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, X-RAY; ENZYMES, IMMOBILIZED; GENETIC CODE; HUMANS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; PEPTIDES; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY;

EID: 0030717736     PISSN: 1420682X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s000180050099     Document Type: Review

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