Conformational and biochemical characterization of a rat epididymis-specific lipocalin 12 expressed in Escherichia coli

Biochimica et Biophysica Acta - Proteins and Proteomics

Volumn 1804, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 2102-2110

  Peng, Yu ^a   Liu, Jiafu ^a   Liu, Qiang ^b   Yao, Yihe ^a   Guo, Chenyun ^a   Zhang, Yonglian ^b   Lin, Donghai ^a,c  

^a SHANGHAI INSTITUTE OF MATERIA MEDICA   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^c XIAMEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Barrel; Cysteine; Disulfide bond; Epididymis; Lipocalin 12 (Lcn12); Retinoic acid

Indexed keywords

CYSTEINE; EPIDIDYMIS SPECIFIC LIPOCALIN 12; LIPOCALIN; RETINOIC ACID; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISULFIDE BOND; EPIDIDYMIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FLUORESCENCE; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN AGGREGATION; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; RAT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; TITRIMETRY; WILD TYPE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; DISULFIDES; EPIDIDYMIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; LIPOCALINS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; MALE; MOLECULAR CONFORMATION; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; RATS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; TRETINOIN;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; RATTUS;

EID: 77956648214     PISSN: 15709639     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbapap.2010.07.020     Document Type: Article

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