Role of Disulfide Bonds in Peptide and Protein Conformation

Amino Acids, Peptides and Proteins in Organic Chemistry

Volumn 5, Issue , 2011, Pages 395-417

  Khoo, Keith K ^a,b   Norton, Raymond S ^c  

^a WALTER AND ELIZA HALL INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Conformation stability; Cysteine framework; Disulfide bond; Disulfide connectivity; Dynamics; Folding

Indexed keywords

EID: 84870878146     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9783527631841.ch11     Document Type: Chapter

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