Use of a conformationally restricted secondary structural element to display peptide libraries: A two-stranded α-helical coiled-coil stabilized by lactam bridges

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 262, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 270-282

  Houston Jr , Michael E ^a   Wallace, Andrew ^b   Bianchi, Elisabetta ^b   Pessi, Antonello ^b   Hodges, Robert S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b IRBM   (Italy)

Author keywords

Coiled coils; Conformational peptide library; Lactam bridges

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; LACTAM; PEPTIDE; ZINC FINGER PROTEIN;

ALPHA HELIX; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONSENSUS SEQUENCE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE; SHIGELLA FLEXNERI;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); SHIGELLA FLEXNERI;

EID: 0030595361     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmbi.1996.0512     Document Type: Article

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