Isolation and characterization of haemoporin, an abundant haemolymph protein from Aplysia californica

Biochemical Journal

Volumn 375, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 681-688

  Jaenicke, Elmar ^a   Walsh, Patrick J ^b   Decker, Heinz ^a  

^a JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

Author keywords

Aplysia; Channel protein; Haemolymph; Helix; Polyalanine; Pore protein

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION; NEUROLOGY; SEDIMENTATION; SPECTROSCOPIC ANALYSIS;

MOLECULAR MASS; MOLLUSCES;

PROTEINS;

GLUTAMIC ACID; HAEMOPORIN; PROTEIN; SOLVENT; TRYPTOPHAN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALPHA HELIX; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; APLYSIA; ARTICLE; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; CONTROLLED STUDY; GASTROPOD; HEMOLYMPH; MACROMOLECULE; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; MOLLUSC; NONHUMAN; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN ISOLATION; SEDIMENTATION; SPECTROFLUOROMETRY;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; APLYSIA; BLOOD PROTEINS; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; HEMOLYMPH; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, PROTEIN; SPECTROMETRY, FLUORESCENCE; ULTRACENTRIFUGATION;

ANIMALIA; APLYSIA; APLYSIA CALIFORNICA; GASTROPODA; MEGATHURA CRENULATA; MOLLUSCA;

EID: 0242637054     PISSN: 02646021     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1042/BJ20030726     Document Type: Article

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