The quaternary structure of amalgam, a Drosophila neuronal adhesion protein, explains its dual adhesion properties

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 97, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 2316-2326

  Zeev Ben Mordehai, Tzviya ^a   Mylonas, Efstratios ^b   Paz, Aviv ^a   Peleg, Yoav ^a   Toker, Lilly ^a   Silman, Israel ^a   Svergun, Dmitri I ^b   Sussman, Joel L ^a  

^a WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Israel)

^b EUROPEAN MOLECULAR BIOLOGY LABORATORY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMALGAM;

ARTICLE; BIOPHYSICS; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; DIMERIZATION; DROSOPHILA; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN QUATERNARY STRUCTURE; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY;

EID: 70449111607     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: 15420086     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bpj.2009.07.045     Document Type: Article

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