Silk fibroin: Structural implications of a remarkable amino acid sequence

Proteins: Structure, Function and Genetics

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 119-122

  Zhou, Cong Zhao ^a,b   Confalonieri, Fabrice ^a   Jacquet, Michel ^a   Perasso, Roland ^a   Li, Zhen Gang ^b   Janin, Joel ^c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SACLAY   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OF CHINA   (China)

^c LABORATOIRE D ENZYMOLOGIE ET BIOCHIMIE STRUCTURALES   (France)

Author keywords

sheet packing; Bombyx mori; Fiber structure; Low complexity sequences

Indexed keywords

SIGNAL PEPTIDE; SILK FIBROIN;

AMINO ACID ANALYSIS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; GENE SEQUENCE; MOLECULAR MODEL; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; SILKWORM;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BOMBYX; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, X-RAY; FIBROINS; INSECT PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROTEIN FOLDING; REPETITIVE SEQUENCES, AMINO ACID; SILK;

BOMBYX MORI;

EID: 0035427372     PISSN: 08873585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/prot.1078     Document Type: Article

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8. Structure refinement and diffuse streak scattering of silk (Bombyx mori)