Fibrillin assembly: Dimer formation mediated by amino-terminal sequences

Journal of Cell Science

Volumn 112, Issue 20, 1999, Pages 3549-3558

  Ashworth, Jane L ^a   Kelly, Vicky ^a   Wilson, Richard ^a   Shuttleworth, C Adrian ^a   Kielty, Cay M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Dimer; Fibrillin; Microfibril assembly

Indexed keywords

CALRETICULIN; CHAPERONE; FIBRILLIN; GLYCINE; PROLINE; PROTEIN DISULFIDE ISOMERASE; PROTEINASE K;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL STRAIN COS1; CROSS LINKING; DIMERIZATION; EXON; ISOELECTRIC POINT; NONHUMAN; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; CALCIUM-BINDING PROTEINS; CALNEXIN; CALRETICULIN; CELL LINE; COS CELLS; DIMERIZATION; EXONS; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX PROTEINS; GLYCINE; HUMANS; MICROFILAMENT PROTEINS; PROLINE; PROTEIN BIOSYNTHESIS; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RIBONUCLEOPROTEINS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; TRANSFECTION;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0032700974     PISSN: 00219533     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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