HELANAL-Plus: A web server for analysis of helix geometry in protein structures

Journal of Biomolecular Structure and Dynamics

Volumn 30, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 773-783

  Kumar, Prasun ^a   Bansal, Manju ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (India)

Author keywords

A helix; Geometry of the helix; Helix axis; JmolApplet; UP DOWN ring conformation of Proline

Indexed keywords

MEMBRANE PROTEIN; PROLINE; SERINE; THREONINE;

ALGORITHM; ALPHA HELIX; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CLASSIFICATION; COMPUTER PROGRAM; GEOMETRY; HELIX GEOMETRY; HYDROGEN BOND; MUTATION; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN MOTIF; PROTEIN STRUCTURE;

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HYDROGEN BONDING; MODELS, MOLECULAR; ONLINE SYSTEMS; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; PROTEINS; SOFTWARE;

EID: 84871241613     PISSN: 07391102     EISSN: 15380254     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07391102.2012.689705     Document Type: Article

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