Role of linkers in communication between protein modules

Current Opinion in Chemical Biology

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 22-27

  Gokhale, Rajesh S ^a   Khosla, Chaitan ^a,b  

^a Stanford University   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; POLYKETIDE SYNTHASE; PROTEIN TYROSINE KINASE;

BIOSYNTHESIS; CATALYSIS; MUTAGENESIS; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; REVIEW; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS;

EID: 0033982651     PISSN: 13675931     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1367-5931(99)00046-0     Document Type: Review

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