Helix capping

Protein Science

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 21-38

  Aurora, Rajeev ^a   Rose, George D ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Alpha helix; Protein folding; Protein secondary structure

Indexed keywords

ALPHA HELIX; HYDROGEN BOND; HYDROPHOBICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE; REVIEW;

EID: 0031917176     PISSN: 09618368     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pro.5560070103     Document Type: Review

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