Improved secondary structure predictions for a nicotinic receptor subunit: Incorporation of solvent accessibility and experimental data into a two-dimensional representation

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 76, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 2329-2345

  Le Novère, Nicolas ^a   Corringer, Pierre Jean ^a   Changeux, Jean Pierre ^a  

^a INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID RECEPTOR; GLYCINE RECEPTOR; NICOTINIC RECEPTOR; RECEPTOR SUBUNIT; SEROTONIN 3 RECEPTOR; SOLVENT;

ALGORITHM; ALPHA HELIX; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONSENSUS SEQUENCE; MOLECULAR RECOGNITION; MUTAGENESIS; PREDICTION; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE;

EID: 0033032332     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3495(99)77390-X     Document Type: Article

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