Bioactive cystine knot proteins

Current Opinion in Chemical Biology

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 362-368

  Daly, Norelle L ^a   Craik, David J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONOTOXIN; CYCLOTIDE; SPIDER VENOM; TRYPSIN INHIBITOR;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANALGESIC ACTIVITY; BIOLOGICAL ACTIVITY; BIOSYNTHESIS; COMBINATORIAL LIBRARY; CYSTINE KNOT MOTIF; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN ENGINEERING; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; CYCLOTIDES; CYSTINE KNOT MOTIFS; PROTEIN ENGINEERING; PROTEIN STABILITY; PROTEINS;

ANIMALIA; FUNGI;

EID: 79958012153     PISSN: 13675931     EISSN: 18790402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpa.2011.02.008     Document Type: Review

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