Recent advances in helix-coil theory

Biophysical Chemistry

Volumn 101-102, Issue , 2002, Pages 281-293

  Doig, Andrew J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Helix; Lifson Roig; Protein stability; Protein structure; Random coil; Zimm Bragg

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; CHEMISTRY; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; REVIEW;

PEPTIDE;

PEPTIDES; PROTEIN CONFORMATION;

EID: 0037059026     PISSN: 03014622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0301-4622(02)00170-9     Document Type: Article

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