Synthesis of β-(1-azulenyl)-L-alanine as a potential blue-colored fluorescent tryptophan analog and its use in peptide synthesis

Journal of Peptide Science

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 139-144

  Loidl, Günther ^a   Musiol, Hans Jürgen ^a   Budisa, Nediljko ^a,c   Huber, Robert ^a   Poirot, Sandrine ^b   Fourmy, Daniel ^b   Moroder, Luis ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF BIOCHEMISTRY   (Germany)

^b CHU RANGUEIL   (France)

^c PROTEROS BIOSTRUCTURES GMBH   (Germany)

Author keywords

(1 azulenyl) L alanine; Peptide synthesis; Spectroscopic properties; Synthesis; Tryptophan analog

Indexed keywords

ALANINE; AZULENE; FLUORESCENT DYE; MALONIC ACID; TRYPTOPHAN; TRYPTOPHAN DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; ENANTIOMER; PEPTIDE SYNTHESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACEMIC MIXTURE;

ALANINE; AZULENES; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; FLUORESCENT DYES; GASTRINS; MODELS, CHEMICAL; PEPTIDE BIOSYNTHESIS; SESQUITERPENES; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; TRYPTOPHAN;

ASPERGILLUS MELLEUS;

EID: 0034114573     PISSN: 10752617     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-1387(200003)6:3<139::AID-PSC240>3.0.CO;2-6     Document Type: Article

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