Structure and lipid transport mechanism of a StAr-related domain

Nature Structural Biology

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 408-414

  Tsujishita, Yosuke ^a   Hurley, James H ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF DIABETES AND DIGESTIVE AND KIDNEY DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

STEROIDOGENIC ACUTE REGULATORY PROTEIN;

ADRENAL CORTEX; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; GONAD; LIPID TRANSPORT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STEROIDOGENESIS; STOICHIOMETRY; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

ADRENAL HYPERPLASIA, CONGENITAL; AMINO ACID MOTIFS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BINDING SITES; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; CARRIER PROTEINS; CHOLESTEROL; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, X-RAY; HUMANS; HYDROGEN BONDING; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PEPTIDE FRAGMENTS; PHOSPHOPROTEINS; PHOSPHORYLATION; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SOLUBILITY; STRUCTURE-ACTIVITY RELATIONSHIP; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0034064138     PISSN: 10728368     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/75192     Document Type: Review

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