Peptide-Amphiphile Induction of α-Helical and Triple-Helical Structures.
✍ Scribed by Gregg B. Fields; Pilar Forns; Katarzyna Pisarewicz; Janelle L. Lauer-Fields
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2010
- Weight
- 27 KB
- Volume
- 33
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0931-7597
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