Structural and functional evolution of transthyretin and transthyretin-like proteins

Proteins: Structure, Function and Genetics

Volumn 64, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 1024-1045

  Hennebry, Sarah C ^a,b   Wright, Hannah M ^a   Likic, Vladimir A ^b   Richardson, Samantha J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Arabidopsis thaliana; Caenorhabditis elegans; Protein evolution; Salmonella dublin; Transthyretin

Indexed keywords

PREALBUMIN; TETRAMER; THYROID HORMONE; ARABIDOPSIS PROTEIN; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS PROTEIN; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEIN; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; TTL PROTEIN, ARABIDOPSIS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE LOCATION; GENE STRUCTURE; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PLANT; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; GENETICS; HUMAN; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; PROBABILITY; PROTEIN MOTIF; PROTEIN QUATERNARY STRUCTURE; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE; PROTEIN TERTIARY STRUCTURE; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; INVERTEBRATA; SALMONELLA ENTERICA SUBSP. ENTERICA SEROVAR DUBLIN; VERTEBRATA;

AMINO ACID MOTIFS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ARABIDOPSIS PROTEINS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS PROTEINS; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; HUMANS; MARKOV CHAINS; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; PREALBUMIN; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, QUATERNARY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

EID: 33748475698     PISSN: 08873585     EISSN: 10970134     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/prot.21033     Document Type: Article

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