Module M1 of zebrafish neuroglobin acts as a structural and functional protein building block for a cell-membrane-penetrating activity

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2011, Pages

  Watanabe, Seiji ^a   Wakasugi, Keisuke ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLYCOSAMINOGLYCAN; MYOGLOBIN; NEUROGLOBIN; GLOBIN; HYBRID PROTEIN; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; NERVE PROTEIN;

ALPHA HELIX; ARTICLE; CELL MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; CHIMERA; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN ENGINEERING; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN STABILITY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; ZEBRA FISH; ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CELL CULTURE; CELL MEMBRANE; CHEMISTRY; CHO CELL; CRICETULUS; GENETICS; HAMSTER; HELA CELL; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROTEIN TERTIARY STRUCTURE; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS; TRANSGENIC ANIMAL;

DANIO RERIO; MAMMALIA; VERTEBRATA;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; CELL MEMBRANE; CELLS, CULTURED; CHO CELLS; CRICETINAE; CRICETULUS; GLOBINS; HELA CELLS; HUMANS; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MUTAGENESIS, SITE-DIRECTED; MYOGLOBIN; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; PROTEIN ENGINEERING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; ZEBRAFISH;

EID: 79751515213     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0016808     Document Type: Article

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