Interface Peptide Mimetics-Rationale and Application as Therapeutic Agents
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Design and development of peptides and peptide mimetics as antagonists for therapeutic intervention.
The concept of peptides as therapeutic agents has been historically disregarded by the pharmaceutical industry on account of their susceptibility to degradation, their size and consequent limitations in methods of delivery. Recently, however, there has been a surge of interest in peptides and their mimetics as potential antagonists for therapeutic intervention. This is in part due to the increa...
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عنوان ژورنال: Medicinal Chemistry
سال: 2016
ISSN: 2161-0444
DOI: 10.4172/2161-0444.1000344