Models of higher-order structure: Foldamers and beyond

Current Opinion in Chemical Biology

Volumn 5, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 650-653

  Cubberley, Mark S ^a   Iverson, Brent L ^b  

^a ALMA COLLEGE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FOLDAMER; HYBRID PROTEIN; NUCLEIC ACID; PEPTIDE; PROTEIN; RECEPTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALPHA HELIX; BETA SHEET; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; COMPLEX FORMATION; MACROMOLECULE; MODEL; MOLECULAR MODEL; PROTEIN FOLDING; REVIEW;

EID: 0035587799     PISSN: 13675931     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1367-5931(01)00261-7     Document Type: Review

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