Sequence analyses of Type I and Type II chains in human hair and epithelial keratin intermediate filaments: Promiscuous obligate heterodimers, Type II template for molecule formation and a rationale for heterodimer formation

Journal of Structural Biology

Volumn 158, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 344-357

  Smith, Thomasin A ^a   Parry, David A D ^a  

^a MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Cytokeratins; Hair; Heterodimers; Trichocyte keratins

Indexed keywords

HETERODIMER; KERATIN;

ALPHA HELIX; ARTICLE; CELL STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FUNCTIONAL MORPHOLOGY; HAIR ANALYSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTERMEDIATE FILAMENT; ION EXCHANGE; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; DIMERIZATION; EPITHELIUM; HAIR; HUMANS; KERATINS; KERATINS, TYPE I; KERATINS, TYPE II; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, PROTEIN; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 34248523318     PISSN: 10478477     EISSN: 10958657     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsb.2006.12.002     Document Type: Article

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