Crystal Structures of Limulus SAP-Like Pentraxin Reveal Two Molecular Aggregations

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 386, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1240-1254

  Shrive, Annette K ^a   Burns, Ian ^a   Chou, Hui Ting ^b   Stahlberg, Henning ^b   Armstrong, Peter B ^b   Greenhough, Trevor J ^a  

^a KEELE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

heptamer; Limulus; octamer; pentraxin; X ray crystal structures

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CALCIUM ION; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; PENTRAXIN; PHOSPHOETHANOLAMINE; SIGNALING LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION MOLECULE ASSOCIATED PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CALCIUM BINDING; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYOELECTRON MICROSCOPY; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; DNA SEQUENCE; GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; LIMULUS; LIMULUS POLYPHENUS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN AGGREGATION; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY;

LIMULUS; LIMULUS POLYPHEMUS; MEROSTOMATA;

EID: 60849111083     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2009.01.008     Document Type: Article

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