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Theory and practice for studies of peptides by 15N nuclear magnetic resonance at natural abundance: gramicidin S

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The low-abundance isotope of nitrogen, 15N, is now accessible to study by the latest high resolution nuclear magnetic resonance techniques. Structure and motion in polypeptides of moderate size may now be usefully investigated in this way.

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Hawkes, G., Randall, E. & Bradley, C. Theory and practice for studies of peptides by 15N nuclear magnetic resonance at natural abundance: gramicidin S. Nature 257, 767–772 (1975). https://doi.org/10.1038/257767a0

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