Detecting distant relatives of mammalian LPS-binding and lipid transport proteins

Protein Science

Volumn 7, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 1643-1646

  Beamer, Lesa J ^a   Fischer, Daniel ^b,c   Eisenberg, David ^b  

^a University of Missouri   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

Lipid transport proteins; LPS binding; Sequence structure compatibility

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERICIDAL ACTIVITY; BINDING AFFINITY; BIOMPHALARIA GLABRATA; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; EUKARYOTE; LIPID TRANSPORT; MAMMAL; MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

BIOMPHALARIA; BIOMPHALARIA GLABRATA; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; EUKARYOTA; GALLUS GALLUS; MAMMALIA;

EID: 0031872224     PISSN: 09618368     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pro.5560070721     Document Type: Article

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