Terahertz spectroscopic analysis of peptides and proteins

Journal of Infrared, Millimeter, and Terahertz Waves

Volumn 33, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 973-988

  Falconer, Robert J ^a   Markelz, Andrea G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

Author keywords

Fibrils; Quantum cascade lasers; Rieske; THz TDS; VLP

Indexed keywords

AMIDES; DYNAMICS; GERMANIUM; HYDROGEN BONDS; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULES; PEPTIDES; QUANTUM CASCADE LASERS; SPECTROSCOPIC ANALYSIS; TERAHERTZ SPECTROSCOPY; VIRUSES;

ABSORBANCE SPECTRUM; AQUEOUS ENVIRONMENT; COLLECTIVE MODES; COMPLEX INTERACTION; FIBRILS; GLOBAL DYNAMICS; HYDRATION LAYERS; INTERESTING INFORMATION; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS SIMULATIONS; MOLECULAR SIZE; N-METHYLACETAMIDE; ORTHOGONAL EXPERIMENT DESIGN; POLYOMAVIRUS; POTENTIAL APPLICATIONS; PROTEIN DYNAMICS; PROTEIN SPECTRA; PROTEIN STRUCTURES; RIESKE; SAMPLE HANDLING; SECONDARY STRUCTURES; SMALL MOLECULES; TERA HERTZ; TERAHERTZ FREQUENCIES; THZ-TDS; VIRUS-LIKE PARTICLES; VLP;

COMPLEXATION;

EID: 84868610075     PISSN: 18666892     EISSN: 18666906     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10762-012-9915-9     Document Type: Review

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