Crosstalk between the Protein Surface and Hydrophobic Core in a Core-swapped Fibronectin Type III Domain

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 375, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 560-571

  Billings, Kate S ^a   Best, Robert B ^b   Rutherford, Trevor J ^c   Clarke, Jane ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF DIABETES AND DIGESTIVE AND KIDNEY DISEASES   (United States)

^c MRC CENTRE FOR PROTEIN ENGINEERING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

extracellular matrix; immunoglobulin; protein design; protein folding; side chain dynamics

Indexed keywords

FIBRONECTIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; HYDROPHOBICITY; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MUTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; PROTEOMICS; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS;

EID: 36549021676     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2007.10.056     Document Type: Article

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