Synthesis, physicochemical characterization, and crystallization of a putative retro-coiled coil

Protein Science

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 1214-1220

  Liu, Niankun ^a   Deillon, Christine ^a   Klauser, Stephan ^a   Gutte, Bernd ^a   Thomas, Richard M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Circular dichroism; Coiled coil; Retro peptide; Sedimentation equilibrium

Indexed keywords

BINDING PROTEIN; DIMER; DISULFIDE; GUANIDINE; HYBRID PROTEIN; LEUCINE ZIPPER PROTEIN; TETRAMER; TRIPEPTIDE;

ARTICLE; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; CRYSTALLIZATION; DIMERIZATION; DISULFIDE BOND; ENHANCER REGION; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN CROSS LINKING; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; SEDIMENTATION RATE; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY;

EID: 0031834141     PISSN: 09618368     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pro.5560070517     Document Type: Article

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