Glucagon fibril polymorphism reflects differences in protofilament backbone structure

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 397, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 932-946

  Andersen, Christian Beyschau ^a,b   Hicks, Matthew R ^c,d   Vetri, Valeria ^e   Vandahl, Brian ^a   Rahbek Nielsen, Henrik ^a   Thøgersen, Henning ^a   Thøgersen, Ida Bukh ^f   Enghild, Jan Johannes ^f   Serpell, Louise C ^d   Rischel, Christian ^a   Otzen, Daniel Erik ^f  

^a NOVO NORDISK A S   (Denmark)

^b CNR   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

^f AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Fiber diffraction; Fibril structure; Linear dichroism; Proteolytic patterns

Indexed keywords

GLUCAGON;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BETA SHEET; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; HORMONE STRUCTURE; HYDROGEN BOND; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE; PROTEIN STABILITY;

EID: 77950022477     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2010.02.012     Document Type: Article

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