Discovery and characterization of novel cysteine-rich peptides in medicinal plants

• Main Author: Tan, Wei Liang
• Other Authors: James P. Tam
• Format: Theses and Dissertations
• Language: English
• Published: 2018
• Subjects: DRNTU::Science::Biological sciences::Biochemistry
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10356/73452
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Small molecules and proteins represent two major families of pharmaceuticals used clinically. In between these two families, in terms of molecular size, are the disulfide-constrained peptides, a class of compounds that have their drug-like advantages of both small molecules and proteins. Disulfide-c...