Transmembrane helices before, during, and after insertion

Current Opinion in Structural Biology

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 378-386

  White, Stephen H ^a   Von Heijne, Gunnar ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; GLYCOPHORIN; HYDROCARBON; LYSINE; MEMBRANE LIPID; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; PHOSPHATIDYLETHANOLAMINE; POLYPEPTIDE; POTASSIUM CHANNEL; PROTEIN S6; SECY PROTEIN; TETRAGASTRIN; THROMBIN RECEPTOR ACTIVATING PEPTIDE; TRANSLOCON; TRYPTOPHAN; VOLTAGE GATED POTASSIUM CHANNEL;

AMINO ACID ANALYSIS; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; BACTERIUM; BIOLOGICAL ACTIVITY; BIOSYNTHESIS; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CRYOELECTRON MICROSCOPY; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; EUKARYOTE; HYDROPHOBICITY; LIPID BILAYER; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; ONCOGENE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; REVIEW; RIBOSOME; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; TRANSMEMBRANE HELIX; X RAY ANALYSIS; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

ANIMALS; CELL MEMBRANE; CRYOELECTRON MICROSCOPY; LIPID BILAYERS; MACROMOLECULAR SUBSTANCES; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; PEPTIDES; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY;

ARCHAEA;

EID: 23044510444     PISSN: 0959440X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sbi.2005.07.004     Document Type: Review

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