Structure and interactions of the carboxyl terminus of striated muscle α-tropomyosin: It is important to be flexible

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 83, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 2754-2766

  Greenfield, Norma J ^a   Palm, Thomas ^a   Hitchcock DeGregori, Sarah E ^a  

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

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ALPHA TROPOMYOSIN; TROPOMYOSIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; PEPTIDE; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; BINDING SITE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; PEPTIDE ANALYSIS; PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE; PROTEIN STABILITY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; SKELETAL MUSCLE; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; BIOPHYSICS; CHEMISTRY; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; PEPTIDE SYNTHESIS; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN TERTIARY STRUCTURE; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS; TEMPERATURE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BINDING SITES; BIOPHYSICS; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; MUTAGENESIS, SITE-DIRECTED; PEPTIDE BIOSYNTHESIS; PEPTIDES; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; TEMPERATURE; TROPOMYOSIN;

EID: 0036842026     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3495(02)75285-5     Document Type: Article

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