Solution structure of a bent α-helix

Biochemistry

Volumn 46, Issue 45, 2007, Pages 12959-12967

  Zhang, Li ^a   Morikis, Dimitrios ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b University of California Riverside   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HELICAL STRUCTURE; HYDROPHOBIC INTERACTION; INTERCONVERTING CONFORMERS; TRYPTOPHAN;

CONFORMATIONS; COULOMB INTERACTIONS; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY;

PEPTIDES;

AMINO ACID; LEUCINE; PEPTIDE; TRYPTOPHYLGLUTAMYLALANYLGLUTAMINYLALANYLARGINYLGLUTAMYLALANYLLEUCYL ALANYLLYSYLGLUTAMYLALANYLGLUTAMINYLALANYLARGINYLALANINAMIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALPHA HELIX; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; ELECTRICITY; HYDROPHOBICITY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN STRUCTURE;

ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; MODELS, MOLECULAR; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE, BIOMOLECULAR; PEPTIDES; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY;

EID: 36049046111     PISSN: 00062960     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/bi701252n     Document Type: Article

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