What determines where alpha-helices begin and end?

L Regan¹

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L Regan. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1993.

. 1993 Dec 1;90(23):10907-8.

doi: 10.1073/pnas.90.23.10907.

L Regan¹

¹ Department of Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry, Yale University, New Haven, CT 06511.

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