A theoretical comparison of self-assembling α- and β-peptide nanostructures: Toward design of β-barrel frameworks

ACS Nano

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 545-553

  Beke, Tamás ^a   Czajlik, András ^a   Bálint, Balázs ^a   Perczel, András ^a  

^a EÖTVÖS LORÁND UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

Author keywords

barrel; sheet; Ab initio; DFT; Nanotube; Peptide; Self assembly

Indexed keywords

AMINES; AMINO ACIDS; ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; COMPLEXATION; CUBIC BORON NITRIDE; FOOD ADDITIVES; FULLERENES; HYDROGEN; HYDROGEN BONDS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; MOLECULES; NANOPORES; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; NANOSTRUCTURES; NANOTECHNOLOGY; NANOTUBES; ORGANIC ACIDS; PEPTIDES; PROTEINS; QUANTUM CHEMISTRY; STRUCTURAL DESIGN; STRUCTURAL PROPERTIES; TELLURIUM COMPOUNDS;

AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY (ACS); ANTIPARALLEL ORIENTATIONS; BIOACTIVE COMPOUNDS; BOTTOM UP DESIGN; ENERGETIC PROPERTIES; GUEST MOLECULES; MOLECULAR FRAMEWORKS; POTENTIAL APPLICATIONS; QUANTUM CHEMICAL (QC) CALCULATIONS; SELF ASSEMBLING PEPTIDES; SELF-ASSEMBLING;

NANOSYSTEMS;

NANOMATERIAL; PEPTIDE;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL MODEL; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CRYSTALLIZATION; DIMERIZATION; METHODOLOGY; PARTICLE SIZE; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; CRYSTALLIZATION; DIMERIZATION; MODELS, CHEMICAL; MODELS, MOLECULAR; NANOSTRUCTURES; PARTICLE SIZE; PEPTIDES; PROTEIN CONFORMATION;

EID: 45149135447     PISSN: 19360851     EISSN: 1936086X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nn700252s     Document Type: Article

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