Predicting helical segments in proteins by a helix-coil transition theory with parameters derived from a structural database of proteins

Proteins: Structure, Function and Genetics

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 344-359

  Misra, Gauri P ^a   Wong, Chung F ^a  

^a MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Helical boundaries; Helix stabilizing destabilizing interactions; Helix capping motifs; Structure prediction

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; DATA BASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS;

ALGORITHMS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO ACIDS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DATABASES, FACTUAL; MODELS, CHEMICAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PEPTIDES; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; SOLUBILITY;

EID: 0030926905     PISSN: 08873585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0134(199707)28:3<344::AID-PROT5>3.0.CO;2-C     Document Type: Article

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