Curious structure in 'canonical' alanine-based peptides

Proteins: Structure, Function and Genetics

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 59-71

  Shirley, William A ^a   Brooks III, Charles L ^a  

^a SCRIPPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

helix; i,i+5 hydrogen bonding; molecular dynamics simulations

Indexed keywords

ALANINE; GLUTAMINE; PEPTIDE;

ALPHA HELIX; ARTICLE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; HYDROGEN BOND; HYDROPHOBICITY; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE;

ALANINE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HYDROGEN BONDING; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PEPTIDES; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY;

EID: 0030970740     PISSN: 08873585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0134(199705)28:1<59::AID-PROT6>3.0.CO;2-E     Document Type: Article

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