Evaluation of conformation and association behavior of multivalent alanine-rich polypeptides

Pharmaceutical Research

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 700-708

  Farmer, Robin S ^a,b   Top, Ayben ^a   Argust, Lindsey M ^b   Liu, Shuang ^a   Kiick, Kristi L ^a,b  

^a DUPONT COMPANY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

Author keywords

Aggregation; Conformational behavior; Multivalent scaffolds; Polypeptides

Indexed keywords

ALANINE; BIOMATERIAL; PHOSPHATE BUFFERED SALINE; POLYPEPTIDE; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; COIL EMBOLIZATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG PURIFICATION; DRUG STRUCTURE; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; MELTING POINT; NONHUMAN; PH MEASUREMENT; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN AGGREGATION; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN STABILITY; ULTRACENTRIFUGATION;

BIOCOMPATIBLE MATERIALS; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; DRUG CARRIERS; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; MODELS, CHEMICAL; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PEPTIDES; PROTEIN DENATURATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; TRANSITION TEMPERATURE; ULTRACENTRIFUGATION;

EID: 40549132584     PISSN: 07248741     EISSN: 1573904X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11095-007-9344-y     Document Type: Article

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