Structure elucidation of dimeric transmembrane domains of bitopic proteins

Cell Adhesion and Migration

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 284-298

  Bocharov, Eduard V ^a   Volynsky, Pavel E ^a   Pavlov, Konstantin V ^a   Efremov, Roman G ^a   Arseniev, Alexander S ^a  

^a SHEMYAKIN OVCHINNIKOV INSTITUTE OF BIOORGANIC CHEMISTRY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Bitopic proteins; Dynamics; Molecular modeling; NMR; Protein membrane interactions; Protein protein interactions; Spatial structure; Transmembrane domain dimer

Indexed keywords

BITOPIC PROTEIN; DIMER; EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR; HELIX LOOP HELIX PROTEIN; IMIDAZOLE DERIVATIVE; INDOLE DERIVATIVE; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; PHENOL DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALPHA HELIX; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CELL MIGRATION; DIMERIZATION; FLUORESCENCE RESONANCE ENERGY TRANSFER; HUMAN; LIPID BILAYER; MICELLE; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR MODEL; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; OLIGOMERIZATION; OPTICAL SPECTROSCOPY; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN ENGINEERING; PROTEIN LIPID INTERACTION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN STABILITY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPECTROSCOPY; THERMODYNAMICS; TRANSMEMBRANE DOMAIN; ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; METABOLISM; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; DIMERIZATION; HUMANS; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE, BIOMOLECULAR; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY;

EID: 77953570984     PISSN: 19336918     EISSN: 19336926     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4161/cam.4.2.11930     Document Type: Review

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