The role of PII conformations in the calculation of peptide fractional helix content

Protein Science

Volumn 6, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 1694-1700

  Park, Soon Ho ^a   Shalongo, William ^a   Stellwagen, Earle ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

Ellipticity; Helix content; Peptide; PII conformation; Random coil

Indexed keywords

PEPTIDE;

AMINO ACID COMPOSITION; ARTICLE; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; IONIC STRENGTH; PH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 0030809003     PISSN: 09618368     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pro.5560060809     Document Type: Article

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