Parts of this thesis have been published
in the following journal articles:
[1] Hu, K., Geng, H., Zhang, Q., Liu, Q., Xie, M., Sun, C., Li, W., Lin, H., Jiang,
F., Wang, T., Wu, Y.-D., and Li, Z. (2016) An In-tether Chiral Center Modulates the Helicity, Cell Permeability, and Target Binding Affinity of a Peptide,
Angewandte Chemie International Edition 55, 8013-8017.
[2] Hu, K., Li, W., Yu, M., Sun, C., and Li, Z. (2016) Investigation of Cellular
Uptakes of the In-Tether Chiral-Center-Induced Helical Pentapeptides, Bioconjugate Chemistry 27, 2824-2827.
[3] Hu, K., Sun, C., and Li, Z. (2017) Reversible and Versatile On-Tether Modification of Chiral-Center-Induced Helical Peptides, Bioconjugate Chemistry 28,
2001-2007.
[4] Hu, K., Yin, F., Yu, M., Sun, C., Li, J., Liang, Y., Li, W., Xie, M., Lao, Y.,
Liang, W., and Li, Z.-g. (2017) In-Tether Chiral Center Induced Helical Peptide
Modulators Target p53-MDM2/MDMX and Inhibit Tumor Growth in StemLike Cancer Cell, Theranostics 7, 4566-4576.
[5] Hu, K., Sun, C., Yu, M., Li, W., Lin, H., Guo, J., Jiang, Y., Lei, C., and Li, Z.
(2017) Dual In-Tether Chiral Centers Modulate Peptide Helicity, Bioconjugate
Chemistry 28, 1537-1543.
[6] Hu, K., Sun, C., Yang, D., Wu, Y., Shi, C., Chen, L., Liao, T., Guo, J., Liu,
Y., and Li, Z. (2017) A precisely positioned chiral center in an i, i + 7 tether
modulates the helicity of the backbone peptide, Chemical Communications 53,
6728-6731.
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