Predicting coiled-coil regions in proteins

Current Opinion in Structural Biology

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 388-393

  Lupas, Andrei ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF BIOCHEMISTRY   (Germany)

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Indexed keywords

GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN; MATRIX PROTEIN; PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; MOLECULAR MODEL; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE;

EID: 0030960276     PISSN: 0959440X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0959-440X(97)80056-5     Document Type: Article

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