3-substituted prolines: From synthesis to structural applications, from peptides to foldamers

Molecules

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 2307-2327

  Mothes, Céline ^a,b,c   Caumes, Cécile ^a,b,c   Guez, Alexandre ^a,b,c   Boullet, Héloïse ^a,b,c   Gendrineau, Thomas ^b,c   Darses, Sylvain ^b,c   Delsuc, Nicolas ^a,b,c   Moumné, Roba ^a,b,c   Oswald, Benoit ^d   Lequin, Olivier ^a,b,c   Karoyan, Philippe ^a,b,c  

^a Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique   (France)

^b CNRS   (France)

^c ECOLE NORMALE SUPÉRIEURE   (France)

^d Genzyme Pharmaceuticals   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

turn; Peptide; Peptidomimetics; PPII helix; Substituted proline

Indexed keywords

DRUG DERIVATIVE; PEPTIDE; PROLINE;

CHEMISTRY; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE; REVIEW; SYNTHESIS;

PEPTIDES; PROLINE; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84874605320     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14203049     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/molecules18022307     Document Type: Review

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