Alanine is an intrinsic α-helix stabilizing amino acid

Journal of the American Chemical Society

Volumn 121, Issue 23, 1999, Pages 5571-5572

  Spek, Erik J ^a   Olson, C Anders ^a   Shi, Zhengshuang ^a   Kallenbach, Neville R ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALANINE; AMINO ACID;

ALPHA HELIX; AMINO ACID ANALYSIS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; PROTEIN FOLDING; SPECTROSCOPY;

EID: 0033575088     PISSN: 00027863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ja990056x     Document Type: Article

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