Re: [ccp4bb]: Alpha-Helices

[Maria Turkenburg <mgwt@ysbl.york.ac.uk>]

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"Eleanor J. Dodson" wrote:
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> Paul Hubbard wrote:
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> > Hello,
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> > Sorry this isn't a crystallographic question. Sorry this isn't a ccp4
> > related question. However, I'm trying to find any decent references on
> > the hydrogen bond strength within the backbone of an alpha-helix. I've
> > looked for stuff on unfolding studies with poly-alanine helices, but
> > nothing really useful turns up. Has anyone looked for something similar
> > and has any references.
> >
> > Thanks
> >
> > AGS.
> >
> > P.S: I've run spell cheque on this e-male, so this should be okay.
> > Though sum words might have slipped past.
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> Hubbard and Baker - a long time ago?
> Eleanor

Follow up on Hubbard and Baker (I asked Eleanor, so it must be
right): it's actually
Baker, E.N. and Hubbard, R.E., 1984, Prog. Biophys. Molec. Biol., 44:97.

Enjoy,
Maria Turkenburg
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