Predicted and experimental structures of integrins and β-propellers

Current Opinion in Structural Biology

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 802-813

  Springer, Timothy A ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELL SURFACE RECEPTOR; EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR; INTEGRIN; PROTEIN SUBUNIT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VON WILLEBRAND FACTOR; VON WILLEBRAND FACTOR A;

BETA SHEET; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; LIGAND BINDING; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN FAMILY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; REVIEW; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

EID: 0036918741     PISSN: 0959440X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0959-440X(02)00384-6     Document Type: Review

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