Aspartic proteinases: Fourier transform infrared spectroscopic studies of a model of the active side

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 71, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 2840-2847

  Iliadis, Georgios ^a   Brzezinski, Bogumil ^b   Zundel, Georg ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b ADAM MICKIEWICZ UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASPARTIC PROTEINASE; PEPSIN A;

ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; PROTEINASE INHIBITION; STEREOCHEMISTRY; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION;

EID: 0029959849     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3495(96)79480-8     Document Type: Article

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