A switch in disulfide linkage during minicollagen assembly in Hydra nematocysts or how to assemble a 150-bar-resistant structure

Journal of Structural Biology

Volumn 137, Issue 1-2, 2002, Pages 11-14

  Özbek, Suat ^a   Engel, Ulrike ^b   Engel, Jürgen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^b DARMSTADT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN; CYSTEINE; MINICOL 1; MINICOL 6; MINICOLLAGEN; PROCOLLAGEN; PROLINE DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

CELL ORGANELLE; COELENTERATE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; DISULFIDE BOND; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN PROCESSING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; TENSILE STRENGTH;

HYDRA;

EID: 0036443636     PISSN: 10478477     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jsbi.2002.4436     Document Type: Conference Paper

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