Structural Basis of Conserved Cysteine in the Fibroblast Growth Factor Family: Evidence for a Vestigial Half-Cystine

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 393, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 128-139

  Lee, Jihun ^a   Blaber, Michael ^a  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

disulfide bond; fibroblast growth factor 1; half cystine; protein engineering; protein evolution

Indexed keywords

ALANINE; CYSTEINE; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR 1; ISOLEUCINE; SERINE; THREONINE; VALINE;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISULFIDE BOND; GENE MUTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FAMILY; PROTEIN STABILITY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; THERMODYNAMICS; THERMOSTABILITY; WILD TYPE;

EID: 70349236845     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2009.08.007     Document Type: Article

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