Helical Polypeptide with Long Side Chains (IMAGE)

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, News Bureau

Helical Polypeptide with Long Side Chains

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Researchers found that elongating side chains with charged ends enabled short proteins to coil into a stable helix.

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Jianjun Cheng, University of Illinois

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