The folding nucleus of a fibronectin type III domain is composed of core residues of the immunoglobulin-like fold

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 305, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 1185-1194

  Cota, Ernesto ^a   Steward, Annette ^a   Fowler, Susan B ^a   Clarke, Jane ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Beta sheet; Fibronectin; Immunoglobulin; Protein folding; Structural families

Indexed keywords

FIBRONECTIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; TENASCIN;

ARTICLE; BETA SHEET; ENERGY; HYDROPHOBICITY; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; MUTATION; POLYMERIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN FOLDING;

EID: 0035793212     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmbi.2000.4378     Document Type: Article

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