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D-amino acid-based peptide inhibitors as early or preventative therapy in Alzheimer disease

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Designed α-sheet peptides inhibit amyloid formation by targeting toxic oligomers

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Rational Design and Characterization of D-Phe-Pro-D-Arg-Derived Direct Thrombin Inhibitors

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d-Amino acid metabolism in mammals: Biosynthesis, degradation and analytical aspects of the metabolic study

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d-Amino acids in aged proteins: Analysis and biological relevance

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Structure-based design of non-natural amino-acid inhibitors of amyloid fibril formation

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Through the Looking Glass, Mechanistic Insights from Enantiomeric Human Defensins

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Modeling of peptides containing D-amino acids: implications on cyclization

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Mirror image phage display—a method to generate d-peptide ligands for use in diagnostic or therapeutical applications

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Mirrors in the PDB: left-handed α-turns guide design with D-amino acids

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Folding propensity and biological activity of peptides: The effect of a single stereochemical isomerization on the conformational properties of bombinins in aqueous solution

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d-Amino acids in the brain: d-serine in neurotransmission and neurodegeneration

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Mirror Image Forms of Snow Flea Antifreeze Protein Prepared by Total Chemical Synthesis Have Identical Antifreeze Activities

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The intrinsic conformational propensities of the 20 naturally occurring amino acids and reflection of these propensities in proteins

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