Self-assembly and structural characterization of Echinococcus granulosus antigen B recombinant subunit oligomers

Biochimica et Biophysica Acta - Proteins and Proteomics

Volumn 1774, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 278-285

  Monteiro, Karina M ^a   Scapin, Sandra M N ^b   Navarro, Marcos V A S ^b   Zanchin, Nilson I T ^b   Cardoso, Mateus B ^a   da Silveira, Nádya P ^a   Gonçalves, Paulo F B ^a   Stassen, Hubert K ^a   Zaha, Arnaldo ^a   Ferreira, Henrique B ^a  

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

^b LABORATÓRIO NACIONAL DE LUZ SÍNCROTRON   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Antigen B; Echinococcus granulosus; Oligomerization; Protease sensitivity; Recombinant subunits; Thermostability

Indexed keywords

OLIGOMER; PARASITE ANTIGEN; PROTEIN SUBUNIT;

ARTICLE; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHINOCOCCUS GRANULOSUS; GEL PERMEATION CHROMATOGRAPHY; HYDROPHOBICITY; LIGHT SCATTERING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OLIGOMERIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN AGGREGATION; PROTEIN CROSS LINKING; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; PROTEIN QUATERNARY STRUCTURE; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; THERMOSTABILITY;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, HELMINTH; BIOPOLYMERS; CHROMATOGRAPHY, GEL; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; ECHINOCOCCUS GRANULOSUS; ELECTROSTATICS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SPECTROMETRY, FLUORESCENCE;

ECHINOCOCCUS GRANULOSUS;

EID: 33846803879     PISSN: 15709639     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbapap.2006.11.006     Document Type: Article

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