The discovery of catalytically active peptides through combinatorial chemistry

Current Opinion in Chemical Biology

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 409-419

  Berkessel, Albrecht ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

2 ACETAMINOCYCLOHEXANOL; 4 NITROPHENYL ACETATE; ACETIC ACID DERIVATIVE; ALPHA AMINO ACID; ESTER; ESTERASE; HEXANOL; HISTIDINE; IMIDE; IMINE; INOSITOL; METAL; OLIGOPEPTIDE; PEPTIDE; PEPTIDE DERIVATIVE; PEPTIDOSTEROID; PHOSPHATE; RECOMBINANT ENZYME; SERINE PROTEINASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACYLATION; ANALYTIC METHOD; ASYMMETRIC CATALYSIS; CATALYSIS; CATALYST; COMBINATORIAL CHEMISTRY; CONJUGATION; CYANATION; ENANTIOSELECTIVITY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; EPOXIDATION; METHODOLOGY; PEPTIDE ANALYSIS; PHOSPHORYLATION; REVIEW; STRECKER SYNTHESIS;

EID: 0037523450     PISSN: 13675931     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1367-5931(03)00065-6     Document Type: Review

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