Historical review: Another 50th anniversary - New periodicities in coiled coils

Trends in Biochemical Sciences

Volumn 28, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 679-685

  Gruber, Markus ^a   Lupas, Andrei N ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA; REPETITIVE DNA;

ALPHA HELIX; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; DNA HELIX; DNA STRUCTURE; DNA SUPERCOILING; HISTORY OF MEDICINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DENATURATION; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE; PROTEIN TERTIARY STRUCTURE; REVIEW;

EID: 0344628627     PISSN: 09680004     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tibs.2003.10.008     Document Type: Review

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