Exploring sequence space: harnessing chemical and biological diversity towards new peptide leads

Current Opinion in Chemical Biology

Volumn 38, Issue , 2017, Pages 52-61

  Obexer, Richard ^a   Walport, Louise J ^a   Suga, Hiroaki ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; MESSENGER RNA; PEPTIDE DERIVATIVE; PEPTIDE;

BINDING AFFINITY; BIODIVERSITY; COMBINATORIAL CHEMISTRY; GENETIC CODE; HUMAN; IN VITRO STUDY; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; NEXT GENERATION SEQUENCING; PHAGE DISPLAY; REVIEW; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CHEMISTRY; DRUG DEVELOPMENT; PROCEDURES;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; DRUG DISCOVERY; HUMANS; PEPTIDES;

EID: 85015408648     PISSN: 13675931     EISSN: 18790402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpa.2017.02.020     Document Type: Review

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