β-Helix structure and ice-binding properties of a hyperactive antifreeze protein from an insect

Nature

Volumn 406, Issue 6793, 2000, Pages 325-328

  Graethert, Steffen P ^a,b   Kulper, Michael J ^a   Gagné, Stéphane M ^b   Walker, Virginia K ^a   Jia, Zongchao ^a   Sykes, Brian D ^b   Davies, Peter L ^a  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIFREEZE PROTEIN; ICE; INSECT PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; INSECT; MOLECULAR MODEL; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; ANTIFREEZE PROTEINS; FISHES; GLYCOPROTEINS; ICE; LEPIDOPTERA; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MUTAGENESIS; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS;

CHORISTONEURA FUMIFERANA; INSECTA; PICEA;

EID: 0034691594     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/35018610     Document Type: Article

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