Raman optical activity of filamentous bacteriophages: Hydration of α-helices

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 290, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 1-7

  Blanch, Ewan W ^a   Bell, Alasdair F ^a   Hecht, Lutz ^a   Day, Loren A ^b   Barron, Laurence D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^b PUBLIC HEALTH RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Coat protein conformation; Filamentous bacteriophages; Raman optical activity; helix hydration

Indexed keywords

COAT PROTEIN; WATER;

ALPHA HELIX; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AQUEOUS SOLUTION; ARTICLE; BACTERIOPHAGE; HYDROPHOBICITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; RAMAN SPECTROMETRY;

CHAETODON; FILAMENTOUS BACTERIOPHAGE; UNIDENTIFIED BACTERIOPHAGE;

EID: 0033516702     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmbi.1999.2871     Document Type: Article

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