Chemical synthesis of proteins using peptide hydrazides as thioester surrogates

Nature Protocols

Volumn 8, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 2483-2495

  Zheng, Ji Shen ^a   Tang, Shan ^a   Qi, Yun Kun ^a   Wang, Zhi Peng ^a   Liu, Lei ^a  

^a TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA SYNUCLEIN; HYDRAZIDE; SODIUM NITRITE; THIOESTER; THIOL;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL MODIFICATION; EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN; PARKINSON DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; SOLID PHASE SYNTHESIS;

ALPHA-SYNUCLEIN; AMINO ACIDS; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; ESTERS; FREE RADICALS; PEPTIDES; PROTEIN ENGINEERING; SPECTROMETRY, MASS, ELECTROSPRAY IONIZATION;

EID: 84888360087     PISSN: 17542189     EISSN: 17502799     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nprot.2013.152     Document Type: Article

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