Apparent Helix-Coil Transition for Poly(L-Alanine) as Measured by Nuclear Magnetic Resonance
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- 1 February 1973
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
- Vol. 70 (2) , 331-333
- https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.70.2.331
Abstract
The previous contention by several groups that double peaks that arise in NMR spectra from NH and α-CH protons of poly L-alanines are caused by the coexistence of helical and random-coil structures in solution is disputed.Keywords
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