Helix capping in the GCN4 leucine zipper

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 288, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 743-752

  Lu, Min ^a   Shu, Wei ^a   Ji, Hong ^a   Spek, Erik ^b   Wang, Leyu ^b   Kallenbach, Neville R ^b  

^a WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Coiled coil; GCN4 leucine zipper; Helix capping; Protein folding; Thermal stability

Indexed keywords

LEUCINE ZIPPER PROTEIN;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; HYDROGEN BOND; HYDROPHOBICITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE; PROTEIN STABILITY; PROTEIN TERTIARY STRUCTURE;

EID: 0033006632     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmbi.1999.2707     Document Type: Article

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