Structural cooperativity in spectrin type repeats motifs of dystrophin

Biochimica et Biophysica Acta - Proteins and Proteomics

Volumn 1764, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 943-954

  Saadat, Laleh ^a   Pittman, Lena ^a   Menhart, Nick ^a  

^a Illinois Institute of Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

Domain; Dystrophin; Spectrin type repeat; Stability; Unfolding

Indexed keywords

DYSTROPHIN; SOLVENT; SPECTRIN;

ARTICLE; DENATURATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN MOTIF; THERMODYNAMICS;

AMINO ACID MOTIFS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; DYSTROPHIN; HEAT; HUMANS; LIGHT; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROTEIN FOLDING; REPETITIVE SEQUENCES, AMINO ACID; SCATTERING, RADIATION; SPECTRIN; STRUCTURE-ACTIVITY RELATIONSHIP;

EID: 33646524933     PISSN: 15709639     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbapap.2006.02.012     Document Type: Article

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