Structural characterization of a recombinant flagellar calcium-binding protein from Trypanosoma cruzi

Biochimica et Biophysica Acta - Proteins and Proteomics

Volumn 1652, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 107-114

  Pinto, Andressa P A ^a,b   Campana, Patricia T ^b   Beltramini, Leila M ^b   Silber, Ariel M ^b   Araújo, Ana Paula U ^a,b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO CARLOS   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Apparent association constant; Calcium binding; Calflagin; Conformational change; EF hand; Trypanosoma cruzi

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; CALCIUM BINDING PROTEIN; HYBRID PROTEIN; MYRISTIC ACID; PALMITIC ACID; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN; SULFONIC ACID DERIVATIVE; TRYPTOPHAN;

ADDITION REACTION; AFFINITY CHROMATOGRAPHY; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CALCIUM BINDING; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; DNA LIBRARY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FLAGELLATE; FLUORESCENCE SPECTROSCOPY; GENETIC CODE; HYDROPHOBICITY; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; MYRISTYLATION; NONHUMAN; PARASITE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FAMILY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; TITRIMETRY; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI; TRYPOMASTIGOTE;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; PROTOZOA; TRYPANOSOMA; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI; TRYPANOSOMATIDAE;

EID: 1242351262     PISSN: 15709639     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbapap.2003.08.008     Document Type: Article

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