Biochemistry on a leash: The roles of tether length and geometry in signal integration proteins

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 96, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 1275-1292

  Van Valen, David ^a   Haataja, Mikko ^b   Phillips, Rob ^a  

^a California Institute of Technology   (United States)

^b Princeton University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LIGAND; POLYMER; WISKOTT ALDRICH SYNDROME PROTEIN; ACTIN;

ACTIN POLYMERIZATION; ARTICLE; GEOMETRY; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; ALGORITHM; CHEMICAL MODEL; CHEMISTRY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; PHYSIOLOGY; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; SRC HOMOLOGY DOMAIN;

ACTINS; ALGORITHMS; LIGANDS; MODELS, CHEMICAL; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE, BIOMOLECULAR; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SRC HOMOLOGY DOMAINS; WISKOTT-ALDRICH SYNDROME PROTEIN FAMILY;

EID: 62649147958     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: 15420086     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bpj.2008.10.052     Document Type: Article

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