Probing the tertiary structure of proteins by limited proteolysis and mass spectrometry: The case of Minibody

Protein Science

Volumn 5, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 802-813

  Zappacosta, Francesca ^a,b   Pessi, Antonello ^c   Bianchi, Elisabetta ^c   Venturini, Sara ^c   Sollazzo, Maurizio ^c   Tramontano, Anna ^c   Marino, Gennaro ^b,d   Pucci, Piero ^a,b  

^a CNR   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^c IRBM   (Italy)

^d CEINGE BIOTECNOLOGIE AVANZATE   (Italy)

Author keywords

electrospray mass spectrometry; limited proteolysis; Minibody; molecular modeling; surface accessibility; tertiary structure

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; EPITOPE MAPPING; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MOLECULAR MODEL; MOLECULAR PROBE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; PROTEIN TERTIARY STRUCTURE;

EID: 0029921147     PISSN: 09618368     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pro.5560050502     Document Type: Article

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