Computational models for the helix tilt angle

Journal of Chemical Information and Computer Sciences

Volumn 44, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 1952-1960

  Cheng, Yizong ^a   Liu, Anping ^a   Guo, Yuping ^a   Qi, Xiaoyang ^b  

^a University of Cincinnati   (United States)

^b CINCINNATI CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HELIX DEFORMATION; HELIX ORIENTATION; HYDROPHOBIC IMBALANCE; MEMBRANE DESTABILIZATION;

AMINO ACIDS; ATTENUATION; BIOLOGICAL MEMBRANES; HYDROPHILICITY; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

HYDROPHOBICITY;

MEMBRANE PROTEIN;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HYDROPHOBICITY; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; THEORETICAL MODEL;

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HYDROPHOBICITY; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PROTEIN CONFORMATION;

EID: 10044268556     PISSN: 00952338     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ci049859g     Document Type: Article

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