The N-terminal region of α-dystroglycan is an autonomous globular domain

European Journal of Biochemistry

Volumn 246, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 166-172

  Brancaccio, Andrea ^a   Schulthess, Therese ^a   Gesemann, Matthias ^a   Engel, Jürgen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Circular dichroism; Electron microscopy; Fluorescence; Recombinant expression; dystroglycan

Indexed keywords

ALPHA DYSTROGLYCAN; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FLUORESCENCE; MEMBRANE STRUCTURE; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; ULTRACENTRIFUGATION;

EID: 0030916837     PISSN: 00142956     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1432-1033.1997.00166.x     Document Type: Article

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