Helicity of short E-R/K peptides

Protein Science

Volumn 19, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 2001-2005

  Sommese, Ruth F ^a   Sivaramakrishnan, Sivaraj ^a   Baldwin, Robert L ^a   Spudich, James A ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

helix; Circular dichroism; E R K peptides; Peptide design; Salt bridges

Indexed keywords

GLUTAMINE; LYSINE; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE;

ARTICLE; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN MOTIF; PROTEIN STRUCTURE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARGININE; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; GLUTAMIC ACID; LYSINE; OLIGOPEPTIDES; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY;

EID: 77957292925     PISSN: 09618368     EISSN: 1469896X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pro.469     Document Type: Article

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