Analysis of the intermolecular contacts within sickle hemoglobin fibers: Effect of site-specific substitutions, fiber pitch, and double-strand disorder

Journal of Structural Biology

Volumn 111, Issue 3, 1993, Pages 161-179

  Watowich, Stanley J ^a   Gross, Leon J ^a   Josephs, Robert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN S;

ARTICLE; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FIBER; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MUTATION; POLYMERIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SICKLE CELL; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANEMIA, SICKLE CELL; BINDING SITES; BIOPOLYMERS; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, X-RAY; HEMOGLOBIN, SICKLE; HUMAN; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; MUTAGENESIS, SITE-DIRECTED; POINT MUTATION; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 0027892880     PISSN: 10478477     EISSN: 10958657     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jsbi.1993.1047     Document Type: Article

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