Membrane Insertion of Marginally Hydrophobic Transmembrane Helices Depends on Sequence Context

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 396, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 221-229

  Hedin, Linnea E ^a   Öjemalm, Karin ^a   Bernsel, Andreas ^a,b   Hennerdal, Aron ^a,b   Illergård, Kristoffer ^a,b   Enquist, Karl ^a   Kauko, Anni ^a,b   Cristobal, Susana ^a   von Heijne, Gunnar ^a,b   Lerch Bader, Mirjam ^a   Nilsson, IngMarie ^a   Elofsson, Arne ^a,b  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b ALBANOVA UNIVERSITY CENTER   (Sweden)

Author keywords

hydrophobicity; marginally hydrophobic helix; membrane protein; topology

Indexed keywords

ALPHA HELIX; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA FLANKING REGION; ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM; GENE INSERTION; GENE INTERACTION; GENE REARRANGEMENT; GENE SEQUENCE; HYDROPHOBICITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FOLDING; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS;

MAMMALIA;

EID: 74649086575     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2009.11.036     Document Type: Article

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