Implications for function and therapy of a 2.9 Å structure of binary-complexed antithrombin

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 283, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 9-14

  Skinner, Richard ^a,b   Chang, Wun Shaing W ^a,c   Jin, Lei ^a   Pei, Xue ^a   Huntington, James A ^a   Abrahams, Jan Pieter ^d   Carrell, Robin W ^a   Lomas, David A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNILEVER RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^c INSTITUTE OF BIOMEDICAL SCIENCES   (Taiwan)

^d NONE

Author keywords

Peptide; Polymerisation; Serpin; 1 antitrypsin

Indexed keywords

ANTITHROMBIN; HEPARIN; SERINE PROTEINASE INHIBITOR;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; DRUG DESIGN; POLYMERIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE; PROTEIN STRUCTURE;

EID: 0032538299     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmbi.1998.2083     Document Type: Article

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