Amphipathic α-helices in proteins: Results from analysis of protein structures

Proteins: Structure, Function and Genetics

Volumn 59, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 791-801

  Sharadadevi, Ambure ^a   Sivakamasundari, Chandrasekaran ^a   Nagaraj, Ramakrishnan ^a  

^a CENTRE FOR CELLULAR AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

Amphipathic helices; Antibacterial activities; Circular dichroism; Database analysis; Hydrophobic moment; Molecular modeling; Synthetic peptides

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; SYNTHETIC PEPTIDE;

ALPHA HELIX; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; HEMOLYSIS; HYDROPHOBICITY; MOLECULAR MODEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS;

AMINO ACIDS; DATABASES, PROTEIN; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PEPTIDES; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; PROTEINS;

EID: 18844399176     PISSN: 08873585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/prot.20459     Document Type: Article

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