Resumen de Bioorganic Chemistry: Designing Peptides with Defined Folding Properties.

Caroline R. Pharr, Erik B. Hadley, William C. Pomerantz

• This Today�s Science for Tomorrow�s Scientists (TSTS) tutorial introduces current scientific research involving the design of molecules with well-defined folding properties, including short polymer chains of ß-amino acids (ß-peptides) that display antibiotic activity or form liquid crystals.