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Thermal Helix-coil Transition in Poly-γ-benzyl-L-glutamate

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THE thermally induced transition of solvated poly-γ-benzyl-L-glutamate (PBG) molecules from a helical to a random coil configuration has been the subject of recent investigations1–3. Similar transitions, brought about by temperature or by other changes, occur in several poly-amino-acids4, and the general phenomenon has been treated theoretically by a number of authors5.

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KARASZ, F., O'REILLY, J. & BAIR, H. Thermal Helix-coil Transition in Poly-γ-benzyl-L-glutamate. Nature 202, 693–694 (1964). https://doi.org/10.1038/202693b0

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