Atomic structure of the ectodomain from HIV-1 gp41

Nature

Volumn 387, Issue 6631, 1997, Pages 426-430

  Weissenhorn, W ^a   Dessen, A ^a   Harrison, S C ^a,b   Skehel, J J ^c   Wiley, D C ^a,b  

^a BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLYCOPROTEIN GP 41;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BINDING SITES; CELL MEMBRANE; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, X-RAY; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; FUNGAL PROTEINS; HEMAGGLUTININ GLYCOPROTEINS, INFLUENZA VIRUS; HIV ENVELOPE PROTEIN GP41; HIV-1; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN KINASES; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE PROTEINS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID;

HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; INFLUENZA VIRUS; LEUKAEMIA VIRUS; MURINAE;

EID: 0030962291     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/387426a0     Document Type: Article

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