Inhibitory conformation of the reactive loop of α1-antitrypsin

Nature Structural Biology

Volumn 3, Issue 8, 1996, Pages 676-681

  Elliott, Peter R ^a   Lomas, David A ^a   Carrell, Robin W ^a   Abrahams, Jan Pieter ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b MRC LABORATORY OF MOLECULAR BIOLOGY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA 1 ANTITRYPSIN; ANTITHROMBIN; HEPARIN; PROTEINASE INHIBITOR; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN; SERINE PROTEINASE INHIBITOR;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CONFORMATION; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HYDROGEN BOND; INHIBITION KINETICS; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; NONHUMAN; POLYMERIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEINASE INHIBITION; STEREOCHEMISTRY;

ALPHA 1-ANTITRYPSIN; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, X-RAY; HEPARIN; HUMANS; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MUTATION; POLYMERS; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; STRUCTURE-ACTIVITY RELATIONSHIP;

EID: 0029783413     PISSN: 10728368     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nsb0896-676     Document Type: Article

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