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Engineering Self-Assembly of Peptides by Amphiphilic 2D Motifs: α-to-β Transitions of Peptides

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Mihara, H., Takahashi, Y., Obataya, I., Sakamoto, S. (2002). Engineering Self-Assembly of Peptides by Amphiphilic 2D Motifs: α-to-β Transitions of Peptides. In: Self-Assembling Peptide Systems in Biology, Medicine and Engineering. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/0-306-46890-5_14

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