Crystal structure of the neurophysin-oxytocin complex

Nature Structural Biology

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 163-169

  Rose, John P ^a   Wu, Chia Kuei ^a,b   Hsiao, Chwan Deng ^b,c   Breslow, Esther ^d   Wang, Bi Cheng ^a  

^a University of Georgia   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^c INSTITUTE OF MOLECULAR BIOLOGY   (Taiwan)

^d WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NEUROPHYSIN; OXYTOCIN;

ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; HORMONE PROTEIN COMPLEX; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; MOLECULAR RECOGNITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BINDING SITES; CATTLE; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, X-RAY; HYDROGEN BONDING; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NEUROPHYSINS; OXYTOCIN; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY;

EID: 0030026190     PISSN: 10728368     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nsb0296-163     Document Type: Article

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