Crystal structure of aphrodisin, a sex pheromone from female hamster

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 305, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 459-469

  Vincent, Florence ^a   Löbel, Dietrich ^b   Brown, Kieron ^a   Spinelli, Silvia ^a   Grote, Phillip ^b   Breer, Heinz ^b   Cambillau, Christian ^a   Tegoni, Mariella ^a  

^a AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HOHENHEIM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Crystal structure; Hamster; Lipocalins; Pheromone

Indexed keywords

APHRODISIN; COBROTOXIN; DISULFIDE; LIPOCALIN; NEUROTOXIN; PHENYLALANINE; PHEROMONE; SELENIUM;

ARTICLE; COPULATION; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; FEMALE; GLYCOSYLATION; HAMSTER; HYDROPHOBICITY; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS;

EID: 0035910275     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmbi.2000.4241     Document Type: Article

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