A Search for Peptide Ligase: Cosolvent-Mediated Conversion of Proteases to Esterases for Irreversible Synthesis of Peptides

Journal of the American Chemical Society

Volumn 110, Issue 15, 1988, Pages 5162-5166

  Barbas, Carlos F ^a   Matos, Jose R ^a   West, J Blair ^a   Wong, Chi Huey ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 33845279863     PISSN: 00027863     EISSN: 15205126     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ja00223a042     Document Type: Article

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