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What Is the Difference Between a Peptide and a Protein?

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growth factor gastrin angiotensin vasoactive intestinal polypeptide ghrelin glutathione inhibin gastric inhibitory polypeptide pancreatic polypeptide bradykinin organosulfur compound lipid carboxylic acid hydrocarbon heterocyclic compound nucleic acid carbohydrate steroid organometallic compound vitamin

Key People

Ralph F. Hirschmann

American chemist

Svetlana Mojsov

Svetlana Mojsov

Yugoslavian-born Macedonian American chemist

George P. Smith

American biochemist

Demystified

Molecular structure of a petide - sequence of amino acids

What Is the Difference Between a Peptide and a Protein?