Characterization of the ligand-binding site of the transferrin receptor in Trypanosoma brucei demonstrates a structural relationship with the N-terminal domain of the variant surface glycoprotein

EMBO Journal

Volumn 16, Issue 24, 1997, Pages 7272-7278

  Salmon, D ^a   Hanocq Quertier, J ^a   Paturiaux Hanocq, F ^a   Pays, A ^a   Tebabi, P ^a   Nolan, D P ^a   Michel, A ^b   Pays, E ^a  

^a FREE UNIVERSITY OF BRUSSELS   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MONS   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHIMERIC PROTEIN; MUTANT PROTEIN; TRANSFERRIN; TRANSFERRIN RECEPTOR; VARIANT SURFACE GLYCOPROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; RECEPTOR AFFINITY; RECEPTOR BINDING; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BINDING SITES; CATTLE; DIMERIZATION; FEMALE; GENES, PROTOZOAN; LIGANDS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTAGENESIS, SITE-DIRECTED; OOCYTES; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; RECEPTORS, TRANSFERRIN; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; TRANSFERRIN; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI BRUCEI; VARIANT SURFACE GLYCOPROTEINS, TRYPANOSOMA; VARIATION (GENETICS); XENOPUS LAEVIS;

EID: 0031435151     PISSN: 02614189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/emboj/16.24.7272     Document Type: Article

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