An infrared spectroscopic study of the conformational transition of elastin-like polypeptides

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 93, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 2429-2435

  Serrano, Vesna ^a   Liu, Wenge ^b   Franzen, Stefan ^a  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELASTIN; POLYPEPTIDE;

ARTICLE; BETA SHEET; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY; HYDROGEN BOND; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS;

EID: 34848865925     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1529/biophysj.106.100594     Document Type: Article

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