Role of β-turn residues in β-hairpin formation and stability in designed peptides

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 273, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 898-912

  Ramírez Alvarado, Marina ^a   Blanco, Francisco J ^a   Niemann, Hartmut ^a   Serrano, Luis ^a  

^a EUROPEAN MOLECULAR BIOLOGY LABORATORY   (Germany)

Author keywords

NMR; Peptides; Protein folding; Secondary structure; hairpin

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA BASE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE; PROTEIN STABILITY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; STEREOCHEMISTRY;

EID: 0031558811     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmbi.1997.1347     Document Type: Article

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