Structure of the Human Transferrin Receptor-Transferrin Complex

Cell

Volumn 116, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 565-576

  Cheng, Yifan ^a   Zak, Olga ^b   Aisen, Philip ^b   Harrison, Stephen C ^a,c   Walz, Thomas ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IRON; TRANSFERRIN RECEPTOR;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYOELECTRON MICROSCOPY; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; DENSITY; MEMBRANE; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; MOLECULAR MODEL; NONHUMAN; OPTICAL RESOLUTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN STRUCTURE;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 1342264310     PISSN: 00928674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0092-8674(04)00130-8     Document Type: Article

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