Designed molecules that fold to mimic protein secondary structures

Current Opinion in Chemical Biology

Volumn 3, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 714-723

  Stigers, Kimberly D ^a   Soth, Michael J ^a   Nowick, James S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PEPTIDE;

ALPHA HELIX; MOLECULAR MODEL; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE; REVIEW;

EID: 0032705432     PISSN: 13675931     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1367-5931(99)00030-7     Document Type: Review

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