Trifluoroethanol effects on helix propensity and electrostatic interactions in the helical peptide from ribonuclease T1

Protein Science

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 383-388

  Myers, Jeffrey K ^a,b   Pace, C Nick ^a   Scholtz, J Martin ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Helical propensity; Peptide; Ribonuclease T1; TFE; Trifluoroethanol; helix

Indexed keywords

PEPTIDE; RIBONUCLEASE T1; TRIFLUOROETHANOL;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; PH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE; PROTEIN STABILITY;

EID: 0031889226     PISSN: 09618368     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pro.5560070219     Document Type: Article

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