Engineering Proteins via Peptide Backbone Mutagenesis: The Effects of Thioamide Linkages on the Folding and Stability of Short Peptides
Thesis advisor: Jianmin Gao === The development of proteins/peptides as therapeutic agents has emerged as a promising area for drug design. Due to increased antibiotic resistance, search for novel antibiotics has become a primary area of interest within the pharmaceutical industry. Antimicrobial pep...
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Boston College
2009
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| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/2345/724 |