Isoform-specific variation in the intrinsic disorder of the ecdysteroid receptor N-terminal domain

Proteins: Structure, Function and Bioinformatics

Volumn 76, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 291-308

  Nocula Ługowska, Małgorzata ^a   Rymarczyk, Grzegorz ^a   Lisowski, Marek ^b   Ozyhar, Andrzej ^a  

^a WROCLAW UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Poland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WROC AW   (Poland)

Author keywords

Drosophila melanogaster; Ecdysteroid receptor; Intrinsically disordered protein; N terminal domain; Nuclear hormone receptor; Premolten globule

Indexed keywords

ECDYSONE RECEPTOR;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; GEL PERMEATION CHROMATOGRAPHY; INTRASPECIFIC VARIATION; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE; PROTEIN TARGETING; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

ANIMALS; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN ISOFORMS; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; RECEPTORS, STEROID;

ANIMALIA; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER;

EID: 67650218286     PISSN: 08873585     EISSN: 10970134     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/prot.22342     Document Type: Article

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