A functional role for protein cavities in domain:domain motions

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 261, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 289-300

  Hubbard, Simon J ^a,b   Argos, Patrick ^a  

^a EUROPEAN MOLECULAR BIOLOGY LABORATORY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Domain motions; Interfaces; Packing; Protein cavities; Protein function

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN FAMILY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; PROTEIN TERTIARY STRUCTURE;

EID: 0030590215     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmbi.1996.0460     Document Type: Article

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