Structure and interactions of NCAM modules 1 and 2, basic elements in neural cell adhesion

Nature Structural Biology

Volumn 6, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 486-493

  Jensen, Peter Holme ^a,b   Soroka, Vladislav ^a,c   Thomsen, Niels Kirk ^a   Ralets, Igor ^c   Berezin, Vladimir ^c   Bock, Elisabeth ^c   Poulsen, Flemming M ^a,b  

^a CARLSBERG LABORATORY   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NERVE CELL ADHESION MOLECULE;

ARTICLE; CELL ADHESION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; BINDING SITES; CELL ADHESION; CRYSTALLIZATION; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, X-RAY; DIMERIZATION; DISULFIDES; ELECTROSTATICS; IMMUNOGLOBULINS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NEURAL CELL ADHESION MOLECULES; NEURONS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE, BIOMOLECULAR; PEPTIDE FRAGMENTS; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 0032933306     PISSN: 10728368     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/8292     Document Type: Article

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