The solution structure of small peptides: An IR CD study of aqueous solutions of (L-Ala)n [n = 3, 4, 5, 6] at different temperatures and ionic strengths

Biopolymers

Volumn 46, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 455-463

  Koçak, Ali ^a   Luque, Ruben ^a   Diem, Max ^a  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Alanine oligopeptides; Solution conformation; Vibrational CD

Indexed keywords

CONFORMATIONS; IONIC STRENGTH; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; OLIGOMERS; PH EFFECTS; SOLUTIONS; THERMAL EFFECTS;

ALANINE OLIGOPEPTIDES;

POLYPEPTIDES;

ALANINE; OLIGOPEPTIDE;

ARTICLE; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; IONIC STRENGTH; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; PROTEIN AGGREGATION; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY;

EID: 0032402222     PISSN: 00063525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0282(199812)46:7<455::AID-BIP3>3.0.CO;2-1     Document Type: Article

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