Side-chains in native and random coil protein conformations. Analysis of NMR coupling constants and χ1 torsion angle preferences

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 280, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 867-877

  West, Nicholas J ^a   Smith, Lorna J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Coupling constant; Denatured protein; Nuclear magnetic resonance; Protein structure; Random coil

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; LEUCINE; PROTEIN; SERINE;

ARTICLE; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; MODEL; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN DENATURATION; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE;

EID: 0032584772     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmbi.1998.1911     Document Type: Article

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