Unfolding of alanine-based peptides using electron spin resonance distance measurements

Biochemistry

Volumn 45, Issue 38, 2006, Pages 11666-11673

  Jun, Sangmi ^a   Becker, James S ^a   Yonkunas, Mike ^a   Coalson, Rob ^a   Saxena, Sunil ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACIDS; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NITROGEN OXIDES; PARAMAGNETIC RESONANCE; PHYSIOLOGY; ROBUSTNESS (CONTROL SYSTEMS);

ALANINE; INTERSPIN; POLYALANINE PEPTIDES; PROLINE;

PROTEINS;

ALANINE DERIVATIVE; COPPER; NITROXIDE; POLYALANINE; POLYAMINOACID; SYNTHETIC PEPTIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; COMPLEX FORMATION; ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE; PEPTIDE ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; SPECTROSCOPY;

ALANINE; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; COPPER; ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NITROGEN OXIDES; PEPTIDES; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; SPIN LABELS;

EID: 33749013594     PISSN: 00062960     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/bi061195b     Document Type: Article

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