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A simple method for displaying the hydropathic character of a protein.

J. Kyte, R. Doolittle

1982.5.5JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR BIOLOGY

DOI: 10.1016/0022-2836(82)90515-0

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A computer program that progressively evaluates the hydrophilicity and hydrophobicity of a protein along its amino acid sequence has been devised and its simplicity and its graphic nature make it a very useful tool for the evaluation of protein structures.

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KYTE, J.; DOOLITTLE, R. A simple method for displaying the hydropathic character of a protein. JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR BIOLOGY, 1982, 157 1: 105–32.