In situ observation of peptide bond formation at the water-air interface

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 109, Issue 39, 2012, Pages 15697-15701

  Griffith, Elizabeth C ^a   Vaida, Veronica ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; METAL ION; SURFACE WATER;

ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; AIR; AIR WATER INTERFACE; AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; ARTICLE; HYDROPHOBICITY; INFRARED REFLECTION ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; IONIZATION; PEPTIDE BOND; PEPTIDE SYNTHESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; THERMODYNAMICS;

AIR; BIOGENESIS; COPPER; HYDROPHOBIC AND HYDROPHILIC INTERACTIONS; PEPTIDES; WATER;

EID: 84866846597     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1210029109     Document Type: Article

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