Structural evidence for dimerization-regulated activation of an integral membrane phospholipase

Nature

Volumn 401, Issue 6754, 1999, Pages 717-721

  Snijder, H J ^a   Ubarretxena Belandia, I ^b,c   Blaauw, M ^a   Kalk, K H ^a   Varheij, H M ^b   Egmond, M R ^b   Dekker, N ^b   Dijkstra, B W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PHOSPHOLIPASE A;

ARTICLE; DIMERIZATION; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYME REGULATION; ENZYME STRUCTURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATORY MECHANISM; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS;

EID: 0033554727     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/401717a0     Document Type: Article

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