Crystal structure of rat transthyretin at 2.5 Å resolution: First report on a unique tetrameric structure

Acta Biochimica Polonica

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 505-518

  Wojtczak, Andrzej ^a  

^a NICOLAUS COPERNICUS UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Crystal structure; Prealbumin; Rat transthyretin

Indexed keywords

PREALBUMIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; HUMAN; MOLECULAR GENETICS; RAT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, X-RAY; HUMANS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PREALBUMIN; RATS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID;

EID: 0031297816     PISSN: 0001527X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.18388/abp.1997_4400     Document Type: Article

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