Molecular recognition with designed peptides and proteins

Current Opinion in Chemical Biology

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 627-631

  Cooper, W John ^a   Waters, Marcey L ^a  

^a The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA; DNA POLYMERASE; RNA; VIRUS PROTEIN; ZINC FINGER PROTEIN;

ALPHA HELIX; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BETA SHEET; BINDING AFFINITY; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; HUMAN; MOLECULAR RECOGNITION; NONHUMAN; PEPTIDE ANALYSIS; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN MOTIF; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; REVIEW;

MODELS, MOLECULAR; PEPTIDES; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN ENGINEERING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; PROTEINS;

RNA VIRUSES;

EID: 27744547316     PISSN: 13675931     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpa.2005.10.015     Document Type: Review

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