Synthesis and NMR solution structure of an α-helical hairpin stapled into two disulfide bridges

Protein Science

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 942-955

  Barthe, Philippe ^a   Rochette, Sandrine ^b   Vita, Claudio ^b   Roumestand, Christian ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b CEA SACLAY   (France)

Author keywords

Conformational peptide library; Disulfide bridges; Helical coiled coils; NMR spectroscopy; Solution structure; Structural scaffolds

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; NUCLEAR OVERHAUSER EFFECT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS;

EID: 0034123433     PISSN: 09618368     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1110/ps.9.5.942     Document Type: Article

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