A fresh look at the Ramachandran plot and the occurrence of standard structures in proteins

Biomolecular Concepts

Volumn 1, Issue 3-4, 2010, Pages 271-283

  Hollingsworth, Scott A ^a   Karplus, P Andrew ^a  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

linear groups; polypeptide conformation; Ramachandran plot, secondary structure; torsion angles

Indexed keywords

EID: 80053296212     PISSN: 18685021     EISSN: 1868503X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/bmc.2010.022     Document Type: Review

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