Improved prediction for N-termini of α-helices using empirical information

Proteins: Structure, Function and Genetics

Volumn 57, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 322-330

  Wilson, Claire L ^a   Boardman, Paul E ^a   Doig, Andrew J ^a   Hubbard, Simon J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

helix; N cap; N terminus; Secondary structure; Structure prediction

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ALGORITHM; ALPHA HELIX; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DATA BASE; ENERGY; MOLECULAR MODEL; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DATA BANK; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; VALIDATION PROCESS;

DATABASES, PROTEIN; EMPIRICAL RESEARCH; PEPTIDE FRAGMENTS; PEPTIDES; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; RESEARCH DESIGN; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SOFTWARE; SOFTWARE VALIDATION;

EID: 4544369672     PISSN: 08873585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/prot.20218     Document Type: Article

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