The interface of a membrane-spanning leucine zipper mapped by asparagine-scanning mutagenesis

Protein Science

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 555-559

  Ruan, Weiming ^a   Lindner, Eric ^a   Langosch, Dieter ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Asparagine; Leucine zipper; Membrane protein; Protein protein interaction; Transmembrane segment

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; ASPARAGINE; DETERGENT; LEUCINE; MEMBRANE PROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; HYDROGEN BOND; MUTAGENESIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ASPARAGINE; BINDING SITES; LEUCINE; LEUCINE ZIPPERS; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTAGENESIS;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 1642493917     PISSN: 09618368     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1110/ps.03357404     Document Type: Article

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