Stability of dystrophin STR fragments in relation to junction helicity

Biochimica et Biophysica Acta - Proteins and Proteomics

Volumn 1784, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 1301-1309

  Mirza, Ahmed ^a   Menhart, Nick ^a  

^a Illinois Institute of Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

Domain; Dystrophin; Spectrin type repeat; Stability

Indexed keywords

DYSTROPHIN; SPECTRIN; DMD PROTEIN, HUMAN; PEPTIDE FRAGMENT; PROTEINASE K; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN;

ALPHA HELIX; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; EXON; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN ENGINEERING; PROTEIN MOTIF; PROTEIN STABILITY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; DRUG STABILITY; GENETICS; HUMAN; LIGHT; PROTEIN DENATURATION; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE; RADIATION SCATTERING; SPECTROFLUOROMETRY; THERMODYNAMICS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; DRUG STABILITY; DYSTROPHIN; ENDOPEPTIDASE K; HUMANS; LIGHT; MODELS, MOLECULAR; PEPTIDE FRAGMENTS; PROTEIN DENATURATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SCATTERING, RADIATION; SPECTROMETRY, FLUORESCENCE; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 53149120329     PISSN: 15709639     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbapap.2008.05.010     Document Type: Article

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