Thermodynamics Of α-Helix Formation

Advances in Protein Chemistry

Volumn 72, Issue , 2005, Pages 199-226

  Makhatadze, George I ^a  

^a PENN STATE COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMIDE; AMINO ACID; CARBONYL DERIVATIVE; GLOBULAR PROTEIN; HYDROGEN; OXYGEN; PEPTIDE; PROTEIN;

ALPHA HELIX; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ENTHALPY; HYDRATION; HYDROGEN BOND; PEPTIDE ANALYSIS; PEPTIDE SYNTHESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; REVIEW; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE; THERMODYNAMICS; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; HYDROGEN BONDING; MODELS, MOLECULAR; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; PROTEINS; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 33645857051     PISSN: 00653233     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S0065-3233(05)72008-8     Document Type: Review

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