The twists and turns of β-peptides

Journal of Peptide Research

Volumn 54, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 206-217

  DeGrado, W F ^a   Schneider, J P ^b   Hamuro, Y ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

Author keywords

amino acid; peptide; Conformation; Sheet, turn; Structure, helix

Indexed keywords

BETA AMINO ACID; CYCLOPEPTIDE; PEPTIDE DERIVATIVE;

ALPHA HELIX; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; PEPTIDE ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE; PROTEIN STABILITY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS;

AMINO ACIDS; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, X-RAY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; MODELS, STRUCTURAL; PEPTIDES; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN ENGINEERING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY;

EID: 0000088927     PISSN: 1397002X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1399-3011.1999.00131.x     Document Type: Article

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