Towards the understanding of the folding of methylene units in the glutamine residue

Journal of Peptide Science

Volumn 2, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 364-370

  Alemán, Carlos ^a   Vega, M Cristina ^b   Navarro, Eloísa ^a   Puiggalí, Jordi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

^b DEPT OF ENVIRONMENTAL CHEMISTRY   (Spain)

Author keywords

Conformation; Folding; Glutamine; Simulation

Indexed keywords

GLUTAMINE;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN FOLDING; THERMODYNAMICS;

GLUTAMINE; MODELS, MOLECULAR; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN FOLDING; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 85047669618     PISSN: 10752617     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/psc.75     Document Type: Article

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