Conformational templates for rational drug design: flexibility of cyclo(D-Pro1-Ala2-Ala3-Ala4-Ala5) in DMSO solution.

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Published in J Med Chem on May 11, 2007

Authors

Xiaoming Zhang1, Gregory V Nikiforovich, Garland R Marshall

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri 63110, USA.

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