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Abstract
Peptide synthesis can be used for elucidating the roles of secondary structures in the specificity of hormones, antigens, and toxins. Intermediate sized peptides with these activities assume amphiphilic secondary structures in the presence of membranes. When models are designed to optimize the amphiphilicity of the secondary structure, stronger interactions can be observed with the synthetic peptides than with the naturally occurring analogs.Mesh:
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Year: 1984 PMID: 6322295 DOI: 10.1126/science.6322295
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Science ISSN: 0036-8075 Impact factor: 47.728