pH-dependent self-assembly of polyalanine peptides

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 92, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 293-302

  Giri, Kalyan ^a   Bhattacharyya, Nitai P ^a   Basak, Soumen ^a  

^a SAHA INSTITUTE OF NUCLEAR PHYSICS   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PEPTIDE; POLYALANINE PEPTIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CROSS LINKING; FIBER; FLUORESCENCE ANALYSIS; KINETICS; PH; PROTEIN CONFORMATION;

EID: 33845982898     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1529/biophysj.106.091769     Document Type: Article

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