A glutathione-based hydrogel and its site-selective interactions with water

Bioconjugate Chemistry

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 1019-1026

  Mahajan, Sumit S ^a   Paranji, Rajan ^a   Mehta, Ranjana ^a   Lyon, Robert P ^a   Atkins, William M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACIDS; CIRCULAR DICHROISM SPECTROSCOPY; COVALENT BONDS; DICHROISM; FLUORESCENCE SPECTROSCOPY; GELATION; HIGH RESOLUTION TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; PEPTIDES; PYRENE; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SELF ASSEMBLY; SULFUR COMPOUNDS;

FIBRILLAR AGGREGATES; FIBRILLAR GEL; GLUTHATHIONE; MULTIPLE FUNCTION; SELECTIVE INTERACTION; SELF-ASSEMBLE; SITE SELECTIVE; SOLVENT MIXTURES; THERAPEUTIC USE; TRI-PEPTIDES;

GELS;

GLUTATHIONE; SOLVENT; TRIPEPTIDE; WATER;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; FLUORESCENCE SPECTROSCOPY; GEL; HYDROGEL; HYDROPHOBICITY; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; PEPTIDE SYNTHESIS; PROTON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; SOLID; SUPRAMOLECULAR CHEMISTRY; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

EID: 22644439245     PISSN: 10431802     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/bc0501294     Document Type: Article

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