The structural basis of the filament-matrix texture in the avian/reptilian group of hard β-keratins

Journal of Structural Biology

Volumn 173, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 391-405

  Fraser, R D Bruce ^a   Parry, David A D ^a  

^a MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Sheet; Structure; Claw; Feather; Feather keratin; Hard keratin; Reptilian keratin; Scale

Indexed keywords

ARGININE; BETA KERATIN; CYSTEINE;

ALLIGATOR; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BETA SHEET; BIRD; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CONFORMATION; CROSS LINKING; DISULFIDE BOND; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; FOURIER TRANSFORMATION; FOWL; LIZARD; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN MOTIF; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SNAKE; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; TURTLE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BETA-KERATINS; BIRDS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; REPTILES; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID;

AVES; CROCODYLIDAE (ALL CROCODILES); REPTILIA; SERPENTES; SPHENODON PUNCTATUS; SQUAMATA; TESTUDINES;

EID: 78751570919     PISSN: 10478477     EISSN: 10958657     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsb.2010.09.020     Document Type: Article

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