Characterization of MB-1: A dimeric helical protein with a compact core

European Journal of Biochemistry

Volumn 262, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 467-474

  Hefford, Mary Alice ^a,c   Dupont, Claude ^a,d   MacCallum, Jillian ^b   Parker, Matthew H ^a,e   Beauregard, Marc ^b,f  

^a AGRICULTURE AND AGRI FOOD CANADA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND   (Canada)

^c Bureau of Drug Research   (Canada)

^d INRS INSTITUT ARMAND FRAPPIER   (Canada)

^e University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À TROIS RIVIÈRES   (Canada)

Author keywords

Essential amino acids; Four helix bundle; Protein design; Protein structure

Indexed keywords

LEUCINE; LYSINE; METHIONINE; MILK BUNDLE PROTEIN 1; THREONINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN DENATURATION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN QUATERNARY STRUCTURE; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE; PROTEIN STABILITY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; PROTEIN TERTIARY STRUCTURE; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 0033153431     PISSN: 00142956     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1432-1327.1999.00393.x     Document Type: Article

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