Three dimensional structure of human C-reactive protein

Nature Structural Biology

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 346-354

  Shrive, Annette K ^a   Cheetham, Graham M T ^b,f   Holden, David ^a   Myles, Dean A A ^a   Turnell, William G ^b,c,g   Volanakis, John E ^d   Pepys, Mark B ^c   Bloomer, Anne C ^b   Greenhough, Trevor J ^a,e  

^a KEELE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b MRC LABORATORY OF MOLECULAR BIOLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^c HAMMERSMITH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^e DARESBURY LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^f YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g Biologie   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE PHASE PROTEIN; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CALCIUM; GLUTAMIC ACID; PHENYLALANINE; PHOSPHORYLCHOLINE; PLASMA PROTEIN;

ACUTE PHASE RESPONSE; ARTICLE; INFECTION; INJURY; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN POLYMORPHISM; PROTEIN STRUCTURE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; CALCIUM; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, X-RAY; HUMANS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHOSPHORYLCHOLINE; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SERUM AMYLOID P-COMPONENT;

EID: 0030007457     PISSN: 10728368     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nsb0496-346     Document Type: Article

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