Calpain silencing by a reversible intrinsic mechanism

Nature Structural Biology

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 371-378

  Moldoveanu, Tudor ^a   Hosfield, Christopher M ^a,b   Lim, Daniel ^a,c   Jia, Zongchao ^a   Davies, Peter L ^a  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b MDS Proteomics Inc   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM ION; CALPAIN;

ARTICLE; AUTOLYSIS; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; ENZYME ACTIVE SITE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FLUORESCENCE; HYDROPHOBICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; CALPAIN; CELL DEATH; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, X-RAY; ENZYME ACTIVATION; HYDROLYSIS; KINETICS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTAGENESIS, SITE-DIRECTED; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; RATS; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; RESTRICTION MAPPING; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID;

EID: 0037406469     PISSN: 10728368     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nsb917     Document Type: Article

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