Characterization of molecular recognition features, MoRFs, and their binding partners

Journal of Proteome Research

Volumn 6, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 2351-2366

  Vacic, Vladimir ^a,b   Oldfield, Christopher J ^c,d   Mohan, Amrita ^a,c,d   Radivojac, Predrag ^c,d   Cortese, Marc S ^a   Uversky, Vladimir N ^a,e   Dunker, A Keith ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b University of California Riverside   (United States)

^c INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e INSTITUTE FOR BIOLOGICAL INSTRUMENTATION   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Intrinsic disorder; Molecular recognition; MoRF; Protein protein interaction; Signaling

Indexed keywords

BINDING PROTEIN; HETERODIMER; HOMODIMER; MONOMER;

AMINO ACID COMPOSITION; ANTIGEN ANTIBODY COMPLEX; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; COMPLEX FORMATION; ENTROPY; MOLECULAR RECOGNITION; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DATA BANK; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION;

ANIMALS; DATABASES, PROTEIN; HUMANS; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN INTERACTION MAPPING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; PROTEINS;

EID: 34250815165     PISSN: 15353893     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/pr0701411     Document Type: Article

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