Formation of βA3/βB2-crystallin mixed complexes: Involvement of N- and C-terminal extensions

Biochimica et Biophysica Acta - Protein Structure and Molecular Enzymology

Volumn 1432, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 286-292

  Werten, Paul J L ^a   Lindner, Robyn A ^b   Carver, John A ^b   De Jong, Wilfried W ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

Author keywords

Crystallin; 1H NMR spectroscopy; Complex formation; Oligomerization

Indexed keywords

BETA CRYSTALLIN; CRYSTALLIN; LENS PROTEIN; AMINO ACID;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CATTLE; COMPLEX FORMATION; GEL FILTRATION CHROMATOGRAPHY; LENS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; OLIGOMERIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GEL CHROMATOGRAPHY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METHODOLOGY; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; ULTRACENTRIFUGATION;

AMINO ACIDS; ANIMALS; CATTLE; CHROMATOGRAPHY, GEL; CRYSTALLINS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; ULTRACENTRIFUGATION;

EID: 0033551420     PISSN: 01674838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-4838(99)00123-5     Document Type: Article

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