Hydrophobic cluster analysis and modeling of the human Rh protein three-dimensional structures

Transfusion Clinique et Biologique

Volumn 13, Issue 1-2 SPEC. ISS., 2006, Pages 70-84

  Callebaut, I ^a   Dulin, F ^a   Bertrand, O ^b   Ripoche, P ^b   Mouro, I ^b   Colin, Y ^b   Mornon, J P ^a   Cartron, J P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PIERRE ET MARIE CURIE   (France)

^b INSTITUT NATIONAL DE LA TRANSFUSION SANGUINE   (France)

Author keywords

Ammonium transport; Amt Mep Rh superfamily; Hydrophobic cluster analysis; Protein modeling; Rh blood group; Rh glycoproteins

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; AMTB PROTEIN; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; GLYCOPROTEIN; OLIGOMER; PERMEASE; PROTEIN SUBUNIT; RHESUS ANTIGEN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALPHA HELIX; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ANTIGEN EXPRESSION; ARCHAEBACTERIUM; ARTICLE; BLOOD GROUP RHESUS SYSTEM; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; GENE DELETION; GENE DUPLICATION; HYDROPHOBICITY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTESTINE; KIDNEY; LIVER; MISSENSE MUTATION; MODEL; PHYLOGENY; PREDICTION; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FAMILY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; STEREOCHEMISTRY;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMMONIA; BLOOD PROTEINS; CATION TRANSPORT PROTEINS; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; GLYCOPROTEINS; HUMANS; HYDROPHOBICITY; MEMBRANE GLYCOPROTEINS; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR CONFORMATION; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION, MISSENSE; PHENOTYPE; POINT MUTATION; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; RH-HR BLOOD-GROUP SYSTEM; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; STRUCTURE-ACTIVITY RELATIONSHIP; VARIATION (GENETICS);

EID: 33646040719     PISSN: 12467820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tracli.2006.02.001     Document Type: Article

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