Dynamic Properties of the N-Terminal Swapped Dimer of Ribonuclease A

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 86, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 2383-2391

  Merlino, Antonello ^a,b   Vitagliano, Luigi ^c   Ceruso, Marc Antoine ^d   Mazzarella, Lelio ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALERNO   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^c CNR   (Italy)

^d MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIMER; ENZYME; RIBONUCLEASE A;

ALLOSTERISM; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CATTLE; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; HYDROGEN BOND; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NONHUMAN; PANCREAS; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS;

BOS TAURUS; BOVINAE;

EID: 1942519384     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3495(04)74295-2     Document Type: Article

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