Synthesis of all-hydrocarbon stapled ±-helical peptides by ring-closing olefin metathesis

Nature Protocols

Volumn 6, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 761-771

  Kim, Young Woo ^a,b,c,e   Grossmann, Tom N ^a,b   Verdine, Gregory L ^a,b,c,d  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Harvard University   (United States)

^c DANA FARBER CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e Dongguk University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; HYDROCARBON; PEPTIDE; RESIN;

ALPHA HELIX; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CELL TRANSPORT; CHEMICAL BINDING; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CHEMICAL REACTION KINETICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN STABILITY; RING CLOSING METATHESIS; SYNTHESIS;

ALKENES; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BIOENGINEERING; HYDROCARBONS; KINETICS; MOLECULAR PROBES; PEPTIDES; PROTEIN STABILITY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY;

EID: 79958086652     PISSN: 17542189     EISSN: 17502799     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nprot.2011.324     Document Type: Article

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