Flexibility of α-helices: Results of a statistical analysis of database protein structures

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 327, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 229-237

  Emberly, Eldon G ^a,b   Mukhopadhyay, Ranjan ^a   Wingreen, Ned S ^c   Tang, Chao ^a  

^a NEC LABORATORIES AMERICA   (United States)

^b ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Database protein structures; Protein folds; helices

Indexed keywords

HYDROGEN; PROTEIN;

ALPHA HELIX; ARTICLE; HYDROGEN BOND; MOLECULAR MODEL; NORMAL DISTRIBUTION; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DATABASE; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS;

EID: 0037436405     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-2836(03)00097-4     Document Type: Article

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