Interaction of adjacent amino acids

Journal of the Chinese Chemical Society

Volumn 53, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 265-270

  Schlag, E W ^b   Sheu, Sheh Yi ^a   Selzle, H L ^b   Yang, Dah Yen ^c  

^a NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^c ACADEMIA SINICA   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Amyloid structure; Ramachandran plot

Indexed keywords

EID: 34047173498     PISSN: 00094536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jccs.200600031     Document Type: Article

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