Helical peptide and protein design

Current Opinion in Chemical Biology

Volumn 3, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 724-729

  Micklatcher, Cynthia ^a   Chmielewski, Jean ^a  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; BETA AMINO ACID; PEPTIDE; PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

MOLECULAR MODEL; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; REVIEW;

EID: 0032733125     PISSN: 13675931     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1367-5931(99)00031-9     Document Type: Review

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