Investigating the secondary structure of oligomeric poly(amino acid)s

ACS Symposium Series

Volumn 1135, Issue , 2013, Pages 69-85

  Ulkoski, David ^a   Armstrong, Tracy ^a   Scholz, Carmen ^a  

^a University of Alabama in Huntsville   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOCOMPATIBILITY; BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; CHAINS; CIRCULAR DICHROISM SPECTROSCOPY; CONFORMATIONS; FUNCTIONAL POLYMERS; GENE TRANSFER; LIVING POLYMERIZATION; MEDICAL APPLICATIONS; OLIGOMERS; POLYPEPTIDES; SCAFFOLDS; SCAFFOLDS (BIOLOGY); SELF ASSEMBLY; UREA;

BIOMEDICAL MATERIAL; FT-IR INVESTIGATION; N-CARBOXYANHYDRIDES; NATURALLY OCCURRING; POLYMERIZATION PROCESS; QUANTITATIVE RESULT; SECONDARY STRUCTURES; TISSUE ENGINEERING SCAFFOLD;

AMINO ACIDS;

EID: 84905403538     PISSN: 00976156     EISSN: 19475918     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1021/bk-2013-1135.ch006     Document Type: Conference Paper

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