Hydrogen bonding in helical polypeptides from molecular dynamics simulations and amide hydrogen exchange analysis: Alamethicin and melittin in methanol

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 74, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 138-152

  Sessions, Richard B ^a   Gibbs, Nick ^a   Dempsey, Christopher E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALAMETHICIN; AMIDE; HYDROGEN; ION CHANNEL; MELITTIN;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; HYDROGEN BOND; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; PEPTIDE ANALYSIS; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE; SPECTROSCOPY; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY;

EID: 0031972614     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3495(98)77775-6     Document Type: Article

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