title: Peptides derived from nucleoside beta-amino acids form an unusual 8-helix.
abstract: Peptides of varying length (dimers to octamers) were prepared from nucleoside beta-amino acids and conformational studies, based on NOE observations, show that the beta-peptides form an unusual 8-helix.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, University of Liverpool, Crown Street, Liverpool, UK.
authors.forename: Richard
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Threlfall
authors.forename: Andrew
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Davies
authors.forename: Nicola M
authors.initials: NM
authors.lastname: Howarth
authors.forename: Julie
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Fisher
authors.forename: Richard
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Cosstick
mesh_terms: D000596:Amino Acids / Q000737:chemistry*; D009682:Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy / Q000379:methods; D008958:Models, Molecular; D009690:Nucleic Acid Conformation; D009705:Nucleosides / Q000737:chemistry*; D010455:Peptides / Q000737:chemistry*; D017433:Protein Structure, Secondary
chemical_list: D000596:Amino Acids; D009705:Nucleosides; D010455:Peptides