Realizing serine/threonine ligation: Scope and limitations and mechanistic implication thereof

Frontiers in Chemistry

Volumn 2, Issue MAY, 2014, Pages

  Wong, Clarence T T ^a,b   Li, Tianlu ^a,b   Lam, Hiu Yung ^a,b   Zhang, Yinfeng ^a,b   Li, Xuechen ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (China)

Author keywords

Chemoselectivity; Peptide ligation; Peptide synthesis; Protein synthesis; Solid phase peptide synthesis

Indexed keywords

EID: 84987678570     PISSN: None     EISSN: 22962646     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fchem.2014.00028     Document Type: Article

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