Important residue (G46) in erythroid spectrin tetramer formation

Cellular and Molecular Biology Letters

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 46-54

  Kang, Jianxia ^a   Song, Yuanli ^a   Sevinc, Akin ^a   Fung, Leslie W M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Erythroid spectrin; G46; ITC; Mutation; Tetramerization

Indexed keywords

ALANINE; ARGININE; FODRIN; GLUTAMINE; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN; SPECTRIN BETA SUBUNIT; TETRAMER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UREA;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; ERYTHROID CELL; HEAT; MOLECULAR MODEL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN DENATURATION; PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN MODIFICATION; PROTEIN STABILITY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; PROTEIN VARIANT; WASTE; WILD TYPE;

EID: 76149087132     PISSN: 14258153     EISSN: 16891392     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2478/s11658-009-0031-3     Document Type: Article

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