title: Random peptide libraries.
abstract: Over the past year, great strides have been made in the design of peptide libraries, and new approaches have been developed for identifying peptide ligands. The libraries comprise large collections of peptides, ranging from 1 million to 1 billion different sequences, which can be screened using monoclonal and polyclonal antibodies, receptors, enzymes or other target molecules. The power of this technology stems from the chemical diversity of the amino acids coupled with the large number of sequences in a library. As such, peptide libraries may be useful for finding ligands that can serve as leads for pharmaceutical development and other purposes.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada.
authors.forename: J K
authors.initials: JK
authors.lastname: Scott
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Craig
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D001709:Biotechnology; D015723:Gene Library; D005821:Genetic Techniques; D006801:Humans; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D010455:Peptides / Q000138:chemical synthesis / Q000235:genetics*; D011993:Recombinant Fusion Proteins / Q000235:genetics
chemical_list: D010455:Peptides; D011993:Recombinant Fusion Proteins