Large circular dichroism ellipticities for N-templated helical polypeptides are inconsistent with currently accepted helicity algorithms

Angewandte Chemie - International Edition

Volumn 38, Issue 9, 1999, Pages 1290-1292

  Wallimann, Peter ^a   Kennedy, Robert J ^a   Kemp, Daniel S ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Circular dichroism; Helical structures; Peptides

Indexed keywords

PEPTIDE; POLYPEPTIDE;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; CONFORMATION; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN STABILITY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS;

EID: 0033519313     PISSN: 14337851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1521-3773(19990503)38:9<1290::AID-ANIE1290>3.0.CO;2-E     Document Type: Article

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