Elucidating the folding problem of α-helices: Local motifs, long-range electrostatics, lonic-strength dependence and prediction of NMR parameters

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 284, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 173-191

  Lacroix, Emmanuel ^a   Viguera, Ana Rosa ^a   Serrano, Luis ^a  

^a EUROPEAN MOLECULAR BIOLOGY LABORATORY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Biotechnology; Protein folding; Secondary structure prediction; helix stability

Indexed keywords

PEPTIDE; PROTEIN;

ALGORITHM; ALPHA HELIX; ARTICLE; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; DATA BASE; ELECTRICITY; HYDROPHOBICITY; MOLECULAR MODEL; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN FOLDING;

EID: 0032553332     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmbi.1998.2145     Document Type: Article

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