Keywords: Diiron Proteins, Helical Hairpin, Protein Design, Turns, Df1 Protein, Hairpin Protein, Protein Derivative, Unclassified Drug, Alpha Helix, Article, Conformational Transition, Correlation Analysis, Cross Linking, Dimerization, Experimental Design, Molecular Biology, Molecular Interaction, Molecular Model, Nuclear Magnetic Resonance, Priority Journal, Protein Determination, Protein Stability, Sequence Analysis, Structure Analysis, X Ray Crystallography, Amino Acid Sequence, Computational Biology, Computer-Aided Design, X-Ray, Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy, Metalloproteins, Molecular Sequence Data, Protein Structure, Secondary, Sequence Homology,
Affiliations: *** IBB - CNR ***
Dept. of Biochemistry and Biophysics, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104, United States
Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104, United States
Department of Chemistry, University of Naples 'Federico II', Via Cinthia, I-80126 Naples, Italy
Ctr. Excellence Biocrystallography, Department of Chemical Sciences, University of Trieste, Via L. Giorgieri 1, 34127 Trieste, Italy
Department of Protein Design, Centocor, Malvern, PA 19355, United States
Ist. di Biostrutture e Bioimmagini, CNR, Via Mezzocannone 16, 80134 Napoli, Italy
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Analysis and design of turns in α-helical hairpins