Selective chemical protein modification

Nature Communications

Volumn 5, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Spicer, Christopher D ^a   Davis, Benjamin G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMIDE; AMINO ACID; CARBONYL DERIVATIVE; CYSTEINE; LYSINE; CARBON; PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID; BIOCHEMISTRY; CHEMICAL ALTERATION; PROTEIN;

COVALENT BOND; CYCLOADDITION; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN MODIFICATION; REVIEW; SYNTHETIC BIOLOGY; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; PROCEDURES; TRENDS;

AMINO ACIDS; CARBON; CYSTEINE; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; PROTEINS; SYNTHETIC BIOLOGY;

EID: 84918498938     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms5740     Document Type: Review

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