A natural variant of type I antifreeze protein with four ice-binding repeats is a particularly potent antifreeze

Protein Science

Volumn 5, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 1150-1156

  Chao, Heman ^a   Hodges, Robert S ^a   Kay, Cyril M ^a   Gauthier, Sherry Y ^b   Davies, Peter L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

ice binding motifs; serum freezing point depression; helix

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; ANTIFREEZE PROTEIN; ICE; PEPTIDE;

AMINO ACID COMPOSITION; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; FLATFISH; FREEZING; GEL PERMEATION CHROMATOGRAPHY; GENE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSED PHASE HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; SERUM;

LIMANDA FERRUGINEA; PLEURONECTIFORMES; PLEURONECTOIDEI; PSEUDOPLEURONECTES AMERICANUS;

EID: 0029929966     PISSN: 09618368     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pro.5560050617     Document Type: Article

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