Effect of the ionic environment on the molecular structure of bacteriophage SPP1 portal protein

European Journal of Biochemistry

Volumn 264, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 724-735

  Jekow, Petra ^a,e   Behlke, Joachim ^b   Tichelaar, Willem ^c,f   Lurz, Rudi ^a   Regalla, Manuela ^d   Hinrichs, Winfried ^h   Tavares, Paulo ^a,g  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR MOLECULAR GENETICS   (Germany)

^b MAX DELBRÜCK CENTER FOR MOLECULAR MEDICINE   (Germany)

^c EUROPEAN MOLECULAR BIOLOGY LABORATORY   (Germany)

^d Instituto de Tecn Quimica e B   (Portugal)

^e Affina Immuntechnik GmbH   (Germany)

^f MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Germany)

^g INSERM   (France)

^h NONE

Author keywords

Association; Bacteriophage SPP1; Cyclical oligomers; Hydrodynamics; Portal protein

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; MAGNESIUM;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIOPHAGE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CROSS LINKING; DISSOCIATION; HYDRODYNAMICS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN TERTIARY STRUCTURE;

BACILLUS PHAGES; CATIONS, DIVALENT; CENTRIFUGATION, DENSITY GRADIENT; CROSS-LINKING REAGENTS; DRUG STABILITY; GLUTARAL; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; OSMOLAR CONCENTRATION; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SOLUTIONS; VIRAL PROTEINS;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 0033568095     PISSN: 00142956     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1432-1327.1999.00601.x     Document Type: Article

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