Peptide probes for protein transmembrane domains

ACS Chemical Biology

Volumn 3, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 402-411

  Slivka, Peter F ^a   Wong, Johnny ^a   Caputo, Gregory A ^b   Yin, Hang ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b ROWAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MEMBRANE PROTEIN; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR; PEPTIDE;

ALPHA HELIX; CELL ACTIVITY; IN VIVO STUDY; LIPID BILAYER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; REVIEW; CELL MEMBRANE; CHEMISTRY; DRUG DESIGN; METABOLISM; PROTEIN TERTIARY STRUCTURE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

CELL MEMBRANE; DRUG DESIGN; LIPID BILAYERS; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; PEPTIDES; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 54749145468     PISSN: 15548929     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/cb800049w     Document Type: Review

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