Self-assembly of short peptides composed of only aliphatic amino acids and a combination of aromatic and aliphatic amino acids

Journal of Peptide Science

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 283-292

  Subbalakshmi, Chilukuri ^a   Manorama, Sunkara V ^b   Nagaraj, Ramakrishnan ^a  

^a CENTRE FOR CELLULAR AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY   (India)

^b INDIAN INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL TECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

Beta structure; Hydrophobic peptides; Nanotubes; Self assembly; Spherical nanostructures

Indexed keywords

ALIPHATIC AMINO ACID; AMINO ACID; AROMATIC AMINO ACID; METHANOL; NANOTUBE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID ANALYSIS; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPE; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

AMINO ACIDS; AMINO ACIDS, AROMATIC; FATTY ACIDS; HYDROPHOBIC AND HYDROPHILIC INTERACTIONS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; NANOSTRUCTURES; NANOTUBES; PEPTIDES;

EID: 84859641418     PISSN: 10752617     EISSN: 10991387     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/psc.2395     Document Type: Article

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