The stability of right- and left-handed alpha-helices as a function of monomer chirality

Poly-L-alanine forms stable right-handed alpha-helices, whereas Poly-D-alanine is stable as left-handed alpha helices.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Lins Roberto Dias, Ferreira Ricardo
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Química 2006-01-01
Series:Química Nova
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0100-40422006000500020