Stereochemical punctuation marks in protein structures: Glycine and proline containing helix stop signals

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 275, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 917-932

  Gunasekaran, K ^a   Nagarajaram, H A ^a,b   Ramakrishnan, C ^a   Balaram, P ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Helix design; Protein engineering; Stop signals; Structure prediction; helix

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; GLYCINE; PROLINE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; DATA BASE; HYDROPHOBICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; STEREOCHEMISTRY;

ENTEROBACTERIA PHAGE T4;

EID: 0032488824     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmbi.1997.1505     Document Type: Article

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