Function from structure? The crystal structure of human phosphatidylethanolamine-binding protein suggests a role in membrane signal transduction

Structure

Volumn 6, Issue 10, 1998, Pages 1245-1254

  Banfield, Mark J ^a   Barker, John J ^a   Perry, Anthony C F ^a,b   Brady, R Leo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b BABRAHAM INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Crystal structure; Hippocampal neurostimulatory peptide precursor; Phosphatidylethanolamine binding protein; Signalling

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; MAGNOLIOPHYTA;

EID: 0032532458     PISSN: 09692126     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0969-2126(98)00125-7     Document Type: Article

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