The implications of the structure of the bactericidal/permeability-increasing protein on the lipid-transfer function of the cholesteryl ester transfer protein

Current Opinion in Structural Biology

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 426-434

  Bruce, Can ^a   Beamer, Lesa J ^b   Tall, Alan R ^a  

^a Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^b University of Missouri   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL ESTER; CHOLESTEROL ESTER TRANSFER PROTEIN; LIPID TRANSFER PROTEIN; LIPOPROTEIN; PHOSPHOLIPID; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; BACTERICIDAL ACTIVITY; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CELL MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; HYDROPHOBICITY; LIPID TRANSPORT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; REVIEW;

EID: 0032143907     PISSN: 0959440X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0959-440X(98)80118-8     Document Type: Article

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