Role of polyproline II conformation in human tropoelastin structure

Chirality

Volumn 23, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 694-702

  Bochicchio, Brigida ^a   Pepe, Antonietta ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BASILICATA   (Italy)

Author keywords

helix; turns; circular dichroism; entropic elasticity; polypeptide; secondary structure

Indexed keywords

GLYCINE; LYSINE; POLYPROLINE II; PROLINE; TROPOELASTIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; EXON; GENE CASSETTE; HUMAN; HYDROPHOBICITY; OSCILLATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN AGGREGATION; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN CROSS LINKING; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; REVIEW; SUPRAMOLECULAR CHEMISTRY;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; ELASTICITY; ELASTIN; HUMANS; HYDROPHOBIC AND HYDROPHILIC INTERACTIONS; MOLECULAR CONFORMATION; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PEPTIDES; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; TROPOELASTIN;

EID: 80052784579     PISSN: 08990042     EISSN: 1520636X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/chir.20979     Document Type: Review

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