Crystal structure of a small heat-shock protein

Nature

Volumn 394, Issue 6693, 1998, Pages 595-599

  Kim, Kyeong Kyu ^a   Kim, Rosalind ^a   Kim, Sung Hou ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEAT SHOCK PROTEIN;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; DENATURATION; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; HEAT TOLERANCE; METHANOBACTERIUM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE; PROTEIN STRUCTURE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ARCHAEAL PROTEINS; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, X-RAY; HEAT-SHOCK PROTEINS; METHANOCOCCUS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID;

ARCHAEA; METHANOBACTERIUM; METHANOCALDOCOCCUS JANNASCHII; METHANOCOCCUS; NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 1342292267     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/29106     Document Type: Article

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