Peptide molecular junctions: Distance dependent electron transmission through oligoprolines

Bioelectrochemistry

Volumn 87, Issue , 2012, Pages 21-27

  Juhaniewicz, Joanna ^a   Sek, Slawomir ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARSAW   (Poland)

Author keywords

Electron transfer; Molecular junction; Monolayer; Peptide; Scanning tunneling spectroscopy

Indexed keywords

CONDUCTANCE MEASUREMENT; CYSTAMINE; DECAY CONSTANTS; ELECTRON TRANSFER; ELECTRON TRANSFER PATHWAYS; ELECTRON TRANSMISSION; INTRAMOLECULAR HYDROGEN BOND; MOLECULAR JUNCTION; PEPTIDE BACKBONES; SCANNING TUNNELING SPECTROSCOPY; SUPEREXCHANGES;

ELECTRON TRANSITIONS; MONOLAYERS; SCANNING TUNNELING MICROSCOPY;

PEPTIDES;

CYSTAMINE DERIVATIVE; PROLINE DERIVATIVE;

ADSORPTION; ALPHA HELIX; ARTICLE; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; CONDUCTANCE; DESORPTION; ELECTROCHEMICAL ANALYSIS; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; HYDROGEN BOND; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; QUARTZ CRYSTAL MICROBALANCE;

CIRCULAR DICHROISM; CYSTEINE; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; ELECTRONS; KINETICS; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; PEPTIDES; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; QUARTZ CRYSTAL MICROBALANCE TECHNIQUES; SULFHYDRYL COMPOUNDS;

EID: 84865198749     PISSN: 15675394     EISSN: 1878562X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bioelechem.2011.11.013     Document Type: Article

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