Leech antihemostatic proteins share the T-knot scaffold, a disulfide-reinforced structural motif

Biological Chemistry

Volumn 379, Issue 11, 1998, Pages 1387-1389

  Ascenzi, Paolo ^a   Bolognesi, Martino ^b   Catalucci, Daniele ^a   Pascarella, Stefano ^c   Ruoppolo, Margherita ^d   Rizzi, Menico ^e,f  

^a ROMA TRE UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^c SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SALERNO   (Italy)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^f UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Antistasin; Decorsin; EGF like proteins; Hirudin; Knottins; T knot scaffold

Indexed keywords

EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR; PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; DISULFIDE BOND; LEECH; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION;

ANIMALS; ANTICOAGULANTS; EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR; HIRUDINS; HUMANS; LEECHES; MODELS, MOLECULAR; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; TRYPSIN INHIBITORS;

HIRUDINIDA;

EID: 0031764172     PISSN: 14316730     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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