Proline-induced distortions of transmembrane helices

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 323, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 951-960

  Cordes, Frank S ^a   Bright, Joanne N ^a   Sansom, Mark S P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Glycine; Membrane protein; Molecular hinge; Proline; helix

Indexed keywords

GLYCINE; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; PROLINE;

ALGORITHM; ALPHA HELIX; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ANISOTROPY; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; GEOMETRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 0036430199     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-2836(02)01006-9     Document Type: Article

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