Geometrical and sequence characteristics of α-helices in globular proteins

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 75, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 1935-1944

  Kumar, Sandeep ^a,b   Bansal, Manju ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (India)

^b NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLOBULAR PROTEIN; PROLINE;

ALPHA HELIX; AMINO ACID COMPOSITION; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY;

EID: 0031660702     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3495(98)77634-9     Document Type: Article

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