Coiled coils as possible models of protein structure evolution

Biomolecular Concepts

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 199-210

  Ga'spa'ri, Zoltan ^a   Nyitray, Laszlo ^a  

^a EÖTVÖS LORÁND UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

Author keywords

charged single helix; coiled coil; intrinsically disordered protein; protein design; protein structure

Indexed keywords

EID: 84875663451     PISSN: 18685021     EISSN: 1868503X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/bmc.2011.015     Document Type: Review

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