A novel screening method for combinatorial chemistry for low affinity interactions

Abstract

A novel screening method for combinatorial chemistry was developed by utilizing the high binding affinity of the avidin–biotin complex (K_a = 10¹⁵ M^–1), making possible the efficient detection of low affinity interactions between tryptophan and pentapeptides.

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