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Published on: September 17, 2017
Half a century of Ramachandran plots
Oliviero Carugo1, Kristina Djinovic-Carugo
1Department of Chemistry, University of Pavia, Viale Taramelli 12, I-27100 Pavia, Italy. oliviero.carugo@univie.ac.at
Abstract:
On the occasion of their fiftieth birthday, it is opportune to review the first half century of Ramachandran plots. In the present review, some of the most relevant aspects of this fifty-year history are summarized, from the original ideas of Gopalasamudram Narayana Ramachandran to subsequent revisions and to applications in structural biology. This will not be a guided walk through five decades of Ramachandran plots, but a commented summary of the lines along which the original ideas evolved and continue to develop, and of their applications.
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