Critical interactions in the stability control region of tropomyosin

Journal of Structural Biology

Volumn 170, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 294-306

  Kirwan, J Paul ^a   Hodges, Robert S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Protein folding; Protein stability; Stability control region; Stability control site(s); Tropomyosin; Two stranded helical coiled coil

Indexed keywords

ALANINE; ALPHA TROPOMYOSIN; ARGININE; LEUCINE; LYSINE; SYNTHETIC PEPTIDE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; CONTROLLED STUDY; HYDROPHOBICITY; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; PEPTIDE SYNTHESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN STABILITY; REVERSED PHASE HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; THERMOSTABILITY;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; HYDROPHOBICITY; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PEPTIDES; PROTEIN DENATURATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; TROPOMYOSIN;

EID: 77951976071     PISSN: 10478477     EISSN: 10958657     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsb.2010.01.020     Document Type: Article

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