A four-to-one association between peptide motifs: Four C-terminal domains from cholinesterase assemble with one proline-rich attachment domain (PRAD) in the secretory pathway

EMBO Journal

Volumn 17, Issue 21, 1998, Pages 6178-6187

  Simon, Stéphanie ^a   Krejci, Eric ^a   Massoulié, Jean ^a  

^a ECOLE NORMALE SUPÉRIEURE   (France)

Author keywords

Acetylcholinesterase; Collagen; Peptide motif; Proline rich attachment domain

Indexed keywords

ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; CHOLINESTERASE; GLYCOSYLPHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOL; PROLINE;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME RELEASE; ENZYME SUBUNIT; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; RAT;

ACETYLCHOLINESTERASE; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BINDING, COMPETITIVE; CHOLINESTERASES; COLLAGEN; COS CELLS; ELECTROPHORUS; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; GENE EXPRESSION; GLYCOSYLPHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOLS; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; HUMANS; LUMINESCENT PROTEINS; MICROINJECTIONS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUSCLE PROTEINS; OOCYTES; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; RATS; RNA, MESSENGER; XENOPUS;

ANIMALIA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0032476586     PISSN: 02614189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/emboj/17.21.6178     Document Type: Article

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