Why fibrous proteins are romantic

Journal of Structural Biology

Volumn 122, Issue 1-2, 1998, Pages 3-16

  Cohen, Carolyn ^a  

^a BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Assembly; Coiled coils; Collagen; Keratin; Myosin; Paramyosin; Prions; Protein folding and dynamics; Tropomyosin; helix; sheets

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN; GLOBULAR PROTEIN; INFLUENZA VIRUS HEMAGGLUTININ; KERATIN; MYOSIN; PARAMYOSIN; PRION PROTEIN; PROTEIN; STRUCTURAL PROTEIN; TROPOMYOSIN;

ALPHA HELIX; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; MOLECULAR MODEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; REVIEW; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

EID: 0031717114     PISSN: 10478477     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jsbi.1998.3975     Document Type: Article

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