Assignment-free solution NMR method reveals CesT as an unswapped homodimer

Protein Science

Volumn 17, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 2015-2019

  Rumpel, Sigrun ^a   Lakshmi, Raghavendran ^a   Becker, Stefan ^a   Zweckstetter, Markus ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR BIOPHYSICAL CHEMISTRY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Charge shape prediction; Domain swap; MARS; PALES; Residual dipolar couplings

Indexed keywords

CHAPERONE;

ARTICLE; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; ELECTRICITY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY;

ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; MOLECULAR CHAPERONES; MOLECULAR CONFORMATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE, BIOMOLECULAR; PROTEIN MULTIMERIZATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY;

EID: 55549100289     PISSN: 09618368     EISSN: 1469896X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1110/ps.036160.108     Document Type: Article

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