Sequence-Structure and Structure-Function Analysis in Cysteine-rich Domains Forming the Ultrastable Nematocyst Wall

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 368, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 718-728

  Meier, Sebastian ^a   Jensen, Pernille Rose ^a   Adamczyk, Patrizia ^b   Bächinger, Hans Peter ^c   Holstein, Thomas W ^b   Engel, Jürgen ^a   Özbek, Suat ^b   Grzesiek, Stephan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^c OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

conformational diversity; cysteine rich; dihedral angle preference; molecular evolution; NMR structure

Indexed keywords

ANTIGEN; COLLAGEN; CYSTEINE; DISULFIDE;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; COELENTERATE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; OSMOTIC PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN AGGREGATION; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN FOLDING; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

CNIDARIA;

EID: 34047092740     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2007.02.026     Document Type: Article

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