I. Collagen-like polypeptides. II. Helix-turn-helix peptides and turn mimetics
Collagen is one of the most important and abundant proteins in mammals. It consists of three left-handed PPII helixes coiled along a common axis to form a very compact right-handed super helix. The primary structure is shown to be (Gly-Xaa-Yaa)n repeats with high content of prolyl residues at both X...
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Virginia Tech
2014
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| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/10919/28411 http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-07262008-185945/ |