Absolute net charge and the biological activity of oligopeptides

Journal of Chemical Information and Modeling

Volumn 46, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 2183-2190

  Parthasarathi, Laavanya ^a   Devocelle, Marc ^b   Søndergaard, Chresten ^a   Baran, Ivan ^a   O'Dushlaine, Colm T ^b   Davey, Norman E ^a   Edwards, Richard J ^a   Moran, Niamh ^b   Kenny, Dermot ^b   Shields, Denis C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^b ROYAL COLLEGE OF SURGEONS IN IRELAND   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOASSAY; DATABASE SYSTEMS; HYDROPHOBICITY; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; OLIGOMERS; PROTEINS;

OLIGOPEPTIDES; PLATELET ACTIVITIES; PRIMARY SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; STRUCTURAL MODELING;

POLYPEPTIDES;

OLIGOPEPTIDE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; HUMAN; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; SOLUBILITY;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; HUMANS; OLIGOPEPTIDES; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; SOLUBILITY;

EID: 33750324327     PISSN: 15499596     EISSN: 1549960X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ci0600760     Document Type: Article

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