Structural requirements for thymosin β4 in its contact with actin: An NMR-analysis of thymosin β4 mutants in solution and correlation with their biological activity

European Journal of Biochemistry

Volumn 267, Issue 12, 2000, Pages 3530-3538

  Simenel, Catherine ^a   Van Troys, Marleen ^b   Vandekerckhove, Joël ^b   Ampe, Christophe ^b   Delepierre, Muriel ^a,c  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b DEPARTMENT OF PLANT SYSTEMS BIOLOGY   (Belgium)

^c INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

Author keywords

Actin; Nuclear magnetic resonance; Secondary structure; Thymosin

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; THYMOSIN;

ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE;

ACTINS; AMINO ACID MOTIFS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BINDING SITES; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; THYMOSIN;

EID: 0033944260     PISSN: 00142956     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1432-1327.2000.01380.x     Document Type: Article

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