Interaction of agrin with laminin requires a coiled-coil conformation of the agrin-binding site within the laminin γ1 chain

EMBO Journal

Volumn 18, Issue 23, 1999, Pages 6762-6770

  Kammerer, Richard A ^a   Schulthess, Therese ^a   Landwehr, Ruth ^a   Schumacher, Beat ^a   Lustig, Ariel ^a   Yurchenco, Peter D ^b   Ruegg, Markus A ^a   Engel, Jürgen ^c   Denzer, Alain J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^b RUTGERS ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Agrin; Coiled coil domain; Extracellular matrix; Laminin isoforms; Protein protein interactions

Indexed keywords

AGRIN; LAMININ;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; NONHUMAN; OLIGOMERIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION;

AGRIN; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BINDING SITES; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; COS CELLS; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE DELETION; LAMININ; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; TEMPERATURE; TRANSFECTION; ULTRACENTRIFUGATION;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0033485262     PISSN: 02614189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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