Dissection of the basic subdomain of the c-Jun oncoprotein: A structural analysis of two peptide fragments by CD, Fourier-transform infrared and NMR

European Journal of Biochemistry

Volumn 235, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 699-712

  Krebs, Daniel ^a   Dahmani, Benamar ^a   Monnot, Monique ^a   Mauffret, Olivier ^a   Troalen, Frédéric ^a   Fermandjian, Serge ^a  

^a INSTITUT GUSTAVE ROUSSY   (France)

Author keywords

c Jun; Conformation; Flexibilty; Peptides; Spectroscopy

Indexed keywords

ONCOPROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; INFRARED SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; ONCOGENE C JUN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN DOMAIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PEPTIDE FRAGMENTS; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-JUN; SPECTROSCOPY, FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED;

EID: 0030067242     PISSN: 00142956     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1432-1033.1996.t01-1-00699.x     Document Type: Article

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