The 2.1 Å structure of an elicitin-ergosterol complex: A recent addition to the Sterol Carrier Protein family

Protein Science

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 1191-1199

  Boissy, Guillaume ^a   O'Donohue, Michael ^a,b   Gaudemer, Odile ^a   Perez, Valérie ^a   Pernollet, Jean Claude ^a   Brunie, Simone ^a  

^a CEMAGREF   (France)

^b Moulin de la Housse   (France)

Author keywords

Crystal structure; Elicitin; Phytophthora; Plant pathogen; Sterol; Sterol Carrier Proteins (SCP)

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPLEX FORMATION; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; NONHUMAN; PHYTOPHTHORA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LIPID INTERACTION; STEREOCHEMISTRY; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; METABOLISM; PLANT; PLANT DISEASE; TOBACCO;

ALGAL PROTEIN; CARRIER PROTEIN; CRYPTOGEIN PROTEIN, ALGAL; ERGOSTEROL; FUNGAL PROTEIN; STEROL;

ALGAL PROTEINS; CARRIER PROTEINS; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, X-RAY; ERGOSTEROL; FUNGAL PROTEINS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; PLANT DISEASES; PLANTS, TOXIC; STEROLS; TOBACCO;

EID: 0032586988     PISSN: 09618368     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1110/ps.8.6.1191     Document Type: Article

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