Norbert Sewald Boeken

A compact introduction to modern peptide research and a comprehensive reference in one volume. This unique volume covers all the relevant chemical and biological aspects of this wide-ranging field in a concise and easily comprehensible manner. These include the physiological importance, structure, analysis, synthesis, peptide libraries and peptide design. Specialists and experts in particular will profit from the first-class encyclopedic appendix with data on more than 500 physiologically active peptides and proteins.

This mini-encyclopedia contains more than 1,500 alphabetical entries from the entire field of peptide science in one handy volume, as well as the technical terms, acronyms and concepts used in peptide chemistry. It also features the complete sequence of more than 800 peptides, numerous illustrations and numerous cross-references.Areas covered - biological peptides and small proteins- peptide hormones- pharmaceutical peptides- peptide antibiotics- peptide inhibitors- peptide reagents- peptide tags- structural classes- synthesis and purification- analytical methods- proteomics and peptidomics.Condensed yet accessible, only essential information is displayed, extensively linked via references to the recent scientific literature for further study.