Structural Determinants of Transmembrane Helical Proteins

Structure

Volumn 17, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 1092-1103

  Harrington, Susan E ^a   Ben Tal, Nir ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

PROTEINS

Indexed keywords

ACID SENSING ION CHANNEL; ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; AQUAPORIN; BACTERIORHODOPSIN; BETA 2 ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR; FUMARATE REDUCTASE; G PROTEIN COUPLED RECEPTOR; GLYCOPHORIN A; HYDROGEN; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; OXIDOREDUCTASE; POTASSIUM CHANNEL; RHODOPSIN;

AMINO ACID COMPOSITION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HYDROGEN BOND; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN MOTIF; PROTEIN STABILITY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE;

COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, X-RAY; HYDROGEN BONDING; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY;

EID: 68149170743     PISSN: 09692126     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.str.2009.06.009     Document Type: Article

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