Foldamers as versatile frameworks for the design and evolution of function

Nature Chemical Biology

Volumn 3, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 252-262

  Goodman, Catherine M ^a,b   Choi, Sungwook ^a,c   Shandler, Scott ^a   DeGrado, William F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b c/o Nutrition Reviews Editorial Office   (United States)

^c SCRIPPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FOLDAMER; OLIGOMER; PEPTIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALPHA HELIX; ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; BINDING AFFINITY; BIOCHEMISTRY; BIOENGINEERING; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CELL TRANSPORT; HYDROGEN BOND; INNATE IMMUNITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN QUATERNARY STRUCTURE; PROTEIN TERTIARY STRUCTURE; REVIEW; STEREOCHEMISTRY; SURFACE CHARGE;

EID: 34247362490     PISSN: 15524450     EISSN: 15524469     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nchembio876     Document Type: Review

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