Aspects of the molecular structure and dynamics of neuropeptide Y

European Journal of Biochemistry

Volumn 261, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 216-226

  Nordmann, Antje ^a   Blommers, Marcel J J ^b   Fretz, Heinz ^b   Arvinte, Tudor ^b   Drake, Alex F ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b NOVARTIS PHARMA AG   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Circular dichroism; Neuropeptide Y; NMR; Photochemically induced dynamic nuclear polarization

Indexed keywords

NEUROPEPTIDE Y;

AQUEOUS SOLUTION; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; DIMERIZATION; HUMAN; PEPTIDE ANALYSIS; PH MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE; ULTRAVIOLET SPECTROSCOPY;

EID: 0033118234     PISSN: 00142956     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1432-1327.1999.00263.x     Document Type: Article

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