Modeling transmembrane helical oligomers.
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Recently, methods for the analysis and design of water-soluble, oligomeric bundles of alpha helices, including coiled coils, have reached a high level of sophistication. These same methods may now be applied to transmembrane helical bundles. Studies of the transmembrane domains of glycophorin, phospholamban, and the M2 protein from influenza A virus exemplify this general approach.
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- Current opinion in structural biology
دوره 7 4 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 1997