Helical preferences of alanine, glycine, and aminoisobutyric homopeptides

Proteins: Structure, Function and Genetics

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 83-93

  Alemán, Carlos ^a   Roca, Ramón ^b   Luque, F Javier ^b   Orozco, Modesto ^b  

^a UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

apolar solvents; helical conformations; homopeptides; polypeptides

Indexed keywords

2 AMINO 2 METHYLPROPIONIC ACID; ALANINE; CARBON TETRACHLORIDE; GLYCINE; PEPTIDE; SOLVENT; WATER;

ALPHA HELIX; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AQUEOUS SOLUTION; ARTICLE; ENTHALPY; GAS; HYDRATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN STABILITY; QUANTUM MECHANICS;

EID: 84962361081     PISSN: 08873585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0134(199705)28:1<83::AID-PROT8>3.0.CO;2-K     Document Type: Article

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