Synthesis and secondary structure of loop 4 of myelin proteolipid protein: Effect of a point mutation found in Pelizaeus-Merzbacher disease

Journal of Peptide Research

Volumn 66, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 101-110

  Trifilieff, E ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE STRASBOURG   (France)

^b CENTRE DE NEUROCHIMIE   (France)

Author keywords

Circular dichroism; Disulphide bridges; Fluorescence; Pelizaeus Merzbacher disease; Point mutation; Proteolipid protein; Pseudoproline dipeptide; Sodium dodecyl sulphate

Indexed keywords

CYSTEINE; DIMETHYL SULFOXIDE; DODECYL SULFATE SODIUM; IODINE; PROLINE; PROTEOLIPID PROTEIN; SERINE; TRIFLUOROETHANOL; TRYPTOPHAN;

ALPHA HELIX; ARTICLE; BETA SHEET; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; DISULFIDE BOND; MICELLE; OXIDATION; PELIZAEUS MERZBACHER DISEASE; PEPTIDE SYNTHESIS; POINT MUTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE; RNA TRANSLATION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; DIMETHYL SULFOXIDE; HUMANS; IODINE; MICELLES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MYELIN PROTEOLIPID PROTEIN; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; PELIZAEUS-MERZBACHER DISEASE; PEPTIDE FRAGMENTS; PEPTIDES; POINT MUTATION; PROLINE; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; SERINE; SODIUM DODECYL SULFATE; TRIFLUOROETHANOL;

EID: 23844535808     PISSN: 1397002X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-3011.2005.00278.x     Document Type: Article

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