The motile major sperm protein (MSP) from Ascaris suum is a symmetric dimer in solution

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 260, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 251-260

  Haaf, Andreas ^a   Butler, P Jonathan G ^a   Kent, Helen M ^a   Fearnley, Ian M ^a   Roberts, Thomas M ^b   Neuhaus, David ^a   Stewart, Murray ^a  

^a MRC LABORATORY OF MOLECULAR BIOLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^b FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Amoeboid motility; Filaments; Major sperm protein; Polymerization

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; CELL PROTEIN; CYTOSKELETON PROTEIN; DIMER;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; ASCARIS SUUM; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SPERM; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY;

ASCARIS SUUM;

EID: 0030581177     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmbi.1996.0396     Document Type: Article

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