The close-packed triple helix as a possible new structural motif for collagen

Theoretical Chemistry Accounts

Volumn 130, Issue 4-6, 2011, Pages 1095-1103

  Bohr, Jakob ^a   Olsen, Kasper ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Central channel; Close packed structure; Collagen motif; Ion channel; Strain twist coupling; Triple helix

Indexed keywords

EID: 80052865779     PISSN: 1432881X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00214-010-0761-3     Document Type: Article

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