Identification, expression, and crystallization of the protease- resistant conserved domain of synapsin I

Protein Science

Volumn 6, Issue 10, 1997, Pages 2264-2267

  Wang, Chyung Ru ^a,d   Esser, Lothar ^a,b   Smagula, Cynthia S ^a,e   Südhof, Thomas C ^b,c   Deisenhofer, Johann ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b HOWARD HUGHES MEDICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^e Biota Publications   (United States)

Author keywords

Conserved domain; Protein crystals; Synapsin I; Synaptic neuroprotein; X ray crystallography

Indexed keywords

PROTEINASE; SYNAPSIN I;

ARTICLE; CRYSTALLIZATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; SYNAPSE VESICLE; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY;

EID: 0030854182     PISSN: 09618368     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pro.5560061022     Document Type: Article

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