Conformational dynamics in loop swap mutants of homologous fibronectin type III domains

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 93, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 2447-2456

  Siggers, Keri ^a,b   Soto, Cinque ^a   Palmer III, Arthur G ^a  

^a Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FIBRONECTIN; MUTANT PROTEIN; SCAFFOLD PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; HUMAN; HYDROGEN BOND; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NITROGEN NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN STABILITY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; THERMOSTABILITY; WILD TYPE;

EID: 34848905895     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1529/biophysj.106.100578     Document Type: Article

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