Peptide models of membrane protein folding

Biochemistry

Volumn 48, Issue 14, 2009, Pages 3036-3045

  Rath, Arianna ^a   Tulumello, David V ^a   Deber, Charles M ^a  

^a HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MEMBRANES; CELL SIGNALING; DISEASE CONTROL; MEMBRANES; NUTRIENTS; PEPTIDES; STRUCTURAL DESIGN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE MOTIFS; BIOLOGICAL STRUCTURES; BIOPHYSICAL ANALYSIS; CELL-CELL COMMUNICATIONS; EXPERIMENTAL TECHNIQUES; HELIX-HELIX CONTACTS; HELIX-HELIX INTERACTIONS; PRODUCTION STRATEGY;

PROTEINS;

BACTERIORHODOPSIN; G PROTEIN COUPLED RECEPTOR; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE PROTEIN; THIOREDOXIN; TRYPTOPHAN;

ALPHA HELIX; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; ENZYME INHIBITION; FLUORESCENCE; HYDROGEN BOND; HYDROPHOBICITY; MODULATION; MOLECULAR MIMICRY; MOLECULAR MODEL; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN MOTIF; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE; PROTEIN STABILITY; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; PROTEIN TERTIARY STRUCTURE; SOLUBILITY; ULTRACENTRIFUGATION;

EID: 65249114173     PISSN: 00062960     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/bi900184j     Document Type: Article

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