Effects of the osmolyte trimethylamine-N-oxide on conformation, self-association, and two-dimensional crystallization of myelin basic protein

Journal of Structural Biology

Volumn 139, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 13-26

  Hill, Christopher M ^a   Bates, Ian R ^a   White, Gisele F ^a   Ross Hallett, F ^a   Harauz, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

Author keywords

Circular dichroism; Crystallization; Dynamic light scattering; Myelin basic protein; Osmolyte; TMAO; Transmission electron microscopy

Indexed keywords

ARGININE; GLUTAMINE; LYSINE; MYELIN BASIC PROTEIN; NICKEL; PHOSPHATIDYLINOSITIDE; TRIMETHYLAMINE OXIDE;

AMINO ACID COMPOSITION; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; CHELATION; CHEMICAL REACTION; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; CONFORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYSTALLIZATION; DEIMINATION; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ENZYME CHEMISTRY; LIGHT SCATTERING; LIPID MONOLAYER; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOUSE; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ARGININE; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; CRYSTALLIZATION; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; GLUTAMINE; LIGHT; LIPID METABOLISM; LYSINE; METHYLAMINES; MICE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; MYELIN BASIC PROTEINS; OXIDANTS; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN ISOFORMS; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SCATTERING, RADIATION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

MURINAE;

EID: 0036423128     PISSN: 10478477     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1047-8477(02)00513-0     Document Type: Article

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