Periodicity in α-helix lengths and C-capping preferences

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 293, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 1211-1219

  Penel, Simon ^a   Morrison, R Gwilym ^a   Mortishire Smith, Russell J ^b   Doig, Andrew J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b NEUROSCIENCE RESEARCH CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

C cap; Hydrogen bonding; N cap; Protein structure; helix

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ALPHA HELIX; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CAPPING PHENOMENON; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; PERIODICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE;

EID: 0033550318     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmbi.1999.3206     Document Type: Article

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