Synthesis of novel proteins

Current Opinion in Chemical Biology

Volumn 1, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 537-542

  Gibney, Brian R ^a   Rabanal, Francesc ^a   Dutton, P Leslie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IRON SULFUR PROTEIN; PEPTIDE; PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; DRUG DESIGN; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; REVIEW; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SYNTHESIS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; DRUG DESIGN; IRON-SULFUR PROTEINS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; PEPTIDES; PROTEIN BIOSYNTHESIS; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; PROTEINS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID;

EID: 0031311219     PISSN: 13675931     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1367-5931(97)80050-6     Document Type: Article

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