Crystal structure of human sex hormone-binding globulin: Steroid transport by a laminin G-like domain

EMBO Journal

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 504-512

  Grishkovskaya, Irina ^a   Avvakumov, George V ^b   Sklenar, Gisela ^a   Dales, David ^b   Hammond, Geoffrey L ^b   Muller, Yves A ^a  

^a MAX DELBRÜCK CENTER FOR MOLECULAR MEDICINE   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Calcium binding; Dimerization; Jellyroll fold; Plasma protein; Sex steroids

Indexed keywords

ANDROSTANOLONE; CALCIUM ION; LAMININ; SEX HORMONE BINDING GLOBULIN;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN QUATERNARY STRUCTURE; STEROID BINDING;

EID: 0034651691     PISSN: 02614189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/emboj/19.4.504     Document Type: Article

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