From peptide-based material science to protein fibrils: Discipline convergence in nanobiology

Physical Biology

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2006, Pages

  Zanuy, David ^a   Nussinov, Ruth ^b,c   Alemán, Carlos ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

^b SAIC FREDERICK INC   (United States)

^c TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; MACROMOLECULE; NANOTECHNOLOGY; POLYMERIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN ENGINEERING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; SUPRAMOLECULAR CHEMISTRY; SYNTHESIS;

EID: 33645510761     PISSN: 14783967     EISSN: 14783975     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1478-3975/3/1/S08     Document Type: Article

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