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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2009 Oct 22.
Published in final edited form as: J Polym Sci A Polym Chem. 2008 Sep 25;46(21):7246–7257. doi: 10.1002/pola.23031

Scheme 1.

Scheme 1

Design of polyvalent inhibitors with control over molecular weight and ligand spacing. The linear polyvalent inhibitors displaying peptides (black ovals) are shown bound to the PA63 heptamer at the peptide-binding sites (circles). The spacing between peptides on the linear scaffold is either too short (left panel) or is sufficient (right panel) to allow a polyvalent interaction.