Modeling Pseudomonas syringae ice-nucleation protein as a β-helical protein

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 80, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 1169-1173

  Graether, Steffen P ^a,b   Jia, Zongchao ^a  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIFREEZE PROTEIN; MEMBRANE PROTEIN;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; DNA TEMPLATE; GROWTH INHIBITION; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; PERIODICITY; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; PSEUDOMONAS SYRINGAE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); INSECTA; PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS SYRINGAE;

EID: 0035119209     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3495(01)76093-6     Document Type: Article

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