Structures of N-termini of helices in proteins

Protein Science

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 147-155

  Doig, Andrew J ^a   Macarthur, Malcolm W ^b   Stapley, Benjamin J ^a   Thornton, Janet M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

310 helix; hydrogen bond; N cap; side chain rotamer; helix

Indexed keywords

ALPHA HELIX; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; HYDROGEN BOND; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN STABILITY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; RESIDUE ANALYSIS; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS;

EID: 0031021758     PISSN: 09618368     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pro.5560060117     Document Type: Article

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