Structural aspects of oligomerization taking place between the transmembrane α-helices of bitopic membrane proteins

Biochimica et Biophysica Acta - Biomembranes

Volumn 1565, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 347-363

  Arkin, Isaiah T ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

Helix; Bitopic membrane protein; Oligomerization

Indexed keywords

GLYCOPHORIN A; ION CHANNEL; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; OLIGOMER; PHOSPHOLAMBAN; PROTEIN TYROSINE KINASE;

ALPHA HELIX; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; HUMAN; HYDROGEN BOND; LIPID BILAYER; NONHUMAN; OLIGOMERIZATION; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN MOTIF; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; REVIEW; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SOLUBILITY;

CALCIUM-BINDING PROTEINS; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, X-RAY; DIMERIZATION; ENTROPY; GLYCOPHORIN; HUMANS; HYDROPHOBICITY; ION CHANNELS; LIPID BILAYERS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, QUATERNARY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; ROTATION; SPECTROSCOPY, FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED; STRUCTURAL HOMOLOGY, PROTEIN; VIRAL MATRIX PROTEINS;

EID: 0037064267     PISSN: 00052736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0005-2736(02)00580-1     Document Type: Review

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