Structural analysis of an Echinococcus granulosus actin-fragmenting protein by small-angle X-ray scattering studies and molecular modeling

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 90, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 3216-3223

  Grimm, Eliana D ^a   Portugal, Rodrigo V ^b   Neto, Mário De Oliveira ^b   Martins, Nádia H ^b   Polikarpov, Igor ^b   Zaha, Arnaldo ^a   Ferreira, Henrique B ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; ACTIN BINDING PROTEIN; GELSOLIN; PROTEIN;

ACTIN FILAMENT; ALPHA HELIX; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; BETA SHEET; ECHINOCOCCUS GRANULOSUS; MOLECULAR MODEL; NONHUMAN; PREDICTION; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; VALIDATION PROCESS; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY;

ECHINOCOCCUS GRANULOSUS;

EID: 33646124017     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1529/biophysj.105.067801     Document Type: Article

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