Rwdd1, a thymus aging related molecule, is a new member of the intrinsically unstructured protein family

Cellular and Molecular Immunology

Volumn 5, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 333-339

  Kang, Ning ^a   Chen, Dai ^a   Wang, Li ^b   Duan, Lian ^a   Liu, Shirong ^a   Tang, Long ^a   Liu, Qingfeng ^a   Cui, Lianxian ^a   He, Wei ^a  

^a PEKING UNION MEDICAL COLLEGE   (China)

^b Gansu Academy of Medical Sciences   (China)

Author keywords

Gir2; intrinsically unstructured protein; Rwdd1

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN; RWDD1 PROTEIN, MOUSE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CELL LINE; CHEMISTRY; GENETICS; HUMAN; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MOUSE; PHYSIOLOGY; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PROTEIN FOLDING; THYMUS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; CELL LINE; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; HUMANS; MICE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEINS; THYMUS GLAND;

EID: 65849366616     PISSN: 16727681     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/cmi.2008.41     Document Type: Article

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