Design rationale, synthesis, and characterization of non-natural analogs of the cationic amino acids arginine and lysine

Journal of Peptide Research

Volumn 55, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 348-358

  Kennedy, K J ^a   Lundquist IV, J T ^a   Simandan, T L ^a   Kokko, K P ^a   Beeson, C C ^b   Dix, Thomas A ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Arginine; Electrostatics; Ion pair; Lysine; Non natural amino acid; Peptides

Indexed keywords

ARGININE DERIVATIVE; LYSINE DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; LIPOPHILICITY; PEPTIDE SYNTHESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STEREOCHEMISTRY;

ARGININE; DRUG DESIGN; LYSINE;

EID: 0034076205     PISSN: 1397002X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1399-3011.2000.00688.x     Document Type: Article

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