The Structure of Ghrelin

Vitamins and Hormones

Volumn 77, Issue , 2007, Pages 1-12

  Kukol, Andreas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HERTFORDSHIRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GHRELIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HUMAN; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; PH; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; REVIEW; TEMPERATURE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; GHRELIN; HUMANS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 35648946773     PISSN: 00836729     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S0083-6729(06)77001-7     Document Type: Review

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