An amino acid packing code for α-helical structure and protein design

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 419, Issue 3-4, 2012, Pages 234-254

  Joo, Hyun ^a   Chavan, Archana G ^a   Phan, Jamie ^a   Day, Ryan ^a   Tsai, Jerry ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE PACIFIC   (United States)

Author keywords

protein design; protein structure; secondary structure packing; tertiary structure; helix

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; PROTEIN;

ALPHA HELIX; ARTICLE; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; CONTROLLED STUDY; KNOB SOCKET MOTIF; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; MOLECULAR MODEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN MOTIF; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS;

EID: 84860769305     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: 10898638     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2012.03.004     Document Type: Article

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