Solution NMR structure and folding dynamics of the N terminus of a rat non-muscle α-tropomyosin in an engineered chimeric protein

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 312, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 833-847

  Greenfield, Norma J ^a   Huang, Yuanpeng Janet ^b   Palm, Thomas ^a   Swapna, G V T ^b   Monleon, Daniel ^b   Montelione, Gaetano T ^b   Hitchcock DeGregori, Sarah E ^a  

^a RUTGERS ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Coiled coil; Exon 1b; Folding; GCN4; Tropomyosin

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TROPOMYOSIN; CHIMERIC PROTEIN; TROPOMYOSIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR RECOGNITION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; NUCLEAR OVERHAUSER EFFECT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; RAT;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 0035965135     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmbi.2001.4982     Document Type: Article

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