On the significance of alternating patterns of polar and non-polar residues in beta-strands

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 323, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 453-461

  Mandel Gutfreund, Yael ^a   Gregoret, Lydia M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Aggregation; Antiparallel; Binary patterns; Parallel; sheet

Indexed keywords

AMYLOID PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BETA SHEET; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HYDROPHOBICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN STRUCTURE;

EID: 0036404919     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-2836(02)00973-7     Document Type: Article

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