Chemical synthesis and structural characterization of the RGD-protein decorsin: A potent inhibitor of platelet aggregation

Protein Science

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 433-444

  De Laureto, Patrizia Polverino ^a   Scaramella, Elena ^a   De Filippis, Vincenzo ^a   Marin, Oriano ^a   Doni, Maria Gabriella ^b   Fontana, Angelo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Circular dichroism; Decorsin; Disulfide rich peptides; Mass spectrometry peptide mapping; Platelet aggregation inhibitor; RGD peptides; Solid phase peptide synthesis

Indexed keywords

ANTITHROMBOCYTIC AGENT; ARGINYLGLYCYLASPARTIC ACID; DECORSIN; FIBRINOGEN RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; GLUTATHIONE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; LEECH; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NONHUMAN; PEPTIDE MAPPING; PEPTIDE SYNTHESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FAMILY; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN ISOLATION; PROTEIN STABILITY; THROMBOCYTE AGGREGATION;

EID: 0031890933     PISSN: 09618368     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pro.5560070225     Document Type: Article

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