Residue-based control of helix shape in β-peptide oligomers

Nature

Volumn 387, Issue 6631, 1997, Pages 381-384

  Appella, Daniel H ^a   Christianson, Laurie A ^a   Klein, Daniel A ^a   Powell, Douglas R ^a   Huang, Xiaolin ^b   Barchi Jr , Joseph J ^b   Gellman, Samuel H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OLIGOMER; PEPTIDE DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; PEPTIDE ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS;

AMINO ACIDS; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; CYCLOHEXANECARBOXYLIC ACIDS; CYCLOHEXYLAMINES; CYCLOLEUCINE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; MODELS, MOLECULAR; OLIGOPEPTIDES; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY;

EID: 0030995823     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/387381a0     Document Type: Article

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