Switching the chirality of the metal environment alters the coordination mode in designed peptides.
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SUBMITTER: Peacock AF
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3014729 | biostudies-literature | 2009
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Switching the chirality of the metal environment alters the coordination mode in designed peptides.
Peacock Anna F A AF Stuckey Jeanne A JA Pecoraro Vincent L VL
Angewandte Chemie (International ed. in English) 20090101 40
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