Dimer model for the microfibrillar protein fibulin-2 and identification of the connecting disulfide bridge

EMBO Journal

Volumn 16, Issue 11, 1997, Pages 3035-3043

  Sasaki, Takako ^a   Mann, Karlheinz ^a   Wiedemann, Hanna ^a   Göhring, Walter ^a   Lustig, Ariel ^b   Engel, Jürgen ^b   Chu, Mon Li ^c   Timpl, Rupert ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF BIOCHEMISTRY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^c THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Electron microscopy; Extracellular matrix; Recombinant protein; Site directed mutagenesis; Ultracentrifugation

Indexed keywords

ANAPHYLATOXIN; CALCIUM BINDING PROTEIN; DIMER; DISULFIDE; FIBULIN; GALACTOSAMINE; GLYCOSYLATED PROTEIN; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN; SCLEROPROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; DIMERIZATION; DISULFIDE BOND; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MOLECULAR MODEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN QUATERNARY STRUCTURE; ULTRACENTRIFUGATION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; CALCIUM-BINDING PROTEINS; CYSTINE; DIMERIZATION; DISULFIDES; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX PROTEINS; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MICE; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; PEPTIDE FRAGMENTS; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; ULTRACENTRIFUGATION;

EID: 0030977056     PISSN: 02614189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/emboj/16.11.3035     Document Type: Article

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