Converting a protein into a switch for biosensing and functional regulation

Protein Science

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 19-29

  Stratton, Margaret M ^b   Loh, Stewart N ^a  

^a State University of New York Upstate Medical University: College of Medicine   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Allostery; Alternate frame folding; Circular permutation; Folding; Intrinsic disorder; Sensor; Unfolding

Indexed keywords

HELIX LOOP HELIX PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; GENETIC PROCEDURES; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; REVIEW;

ALLOSTERIC REGULATION; BIOSENSING TECHNIQUES; HUMANS; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN ENGINEERING; PROTEIN FOLDING; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS;

EID: 78650796409     PISSN: 09618368     EISSN: 1469896X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pro.541     Document Type: Review

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