The intermediate filament Protein Consensus motif of helix 2B: Its atomic structure and contribution to assembly

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 298, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 817-832

  Herrmann, Harald ^a   Strelkov, Sergei V ^b   Feja, Bernhard ^b   Rogers, Kevin R ^a   Brettel, Monika ^a   Lustig, Ariel ^b   Häner, Markus ^b   Parry, David A D ^c   Steinert, Peter M ^d   Burkhard, Peter ^b   Aebi, Ueli ^b  

^a GERMAN CANCER RESEARCH CENTER DKFZ   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^c MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ARTHRITIS AND MUSCULOSKELETAL AND SKIN DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

Assembly; Atomic structure; Desmin; Intermediate filament protein; Vimentin

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; BUFFER; DESMIN; GLUTAMIC ACID; INTERMEDIATE FILAMENT PROTEIN; LEUCINE ZIPPER PROTEIN; PROTEIN SUBUNIT; TETRAMER; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TYROSINE; VIMENTIN;

ALPHA HELIX; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CONSENSUS SEQUENCE; IONIC STRENGTH; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION; XENOPUS;

EID: 0034685607     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmbi.2000.3719     Document Type: Article

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