Photocontrolling peptide α helices

Accounts of Chemical Research

Volumn 38, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 486-493

  Woolley, G Andrew ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b Chemistry Department   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PEPTIDE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; ISOMERISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ISOMERISM; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PEPTIDES; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY;

EID: 22244487296     PISSN: 00014842     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ar040091v     Document Type: Article

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