Stabilization of vimentin coil2 fragment via an engineered disulfide

Journal of Structural Biology

Volumn 177, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 46-53

  Chernyatina, A A ^a   Strelkov, S V ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF PHARMACEUTICAL AND PHARMACOLOGICAL SCIENCES   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Coiled coil; Crystallization; Dimerization; Engineered disulfide; Intermediate filaments

Indexed keywords

CYSTEINE; DISULFIDE; INTERMEDIATE FILAMENT PROTEIN; VIMENTIN;

ALPHA HELIX; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL; COILED BODY; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; CRYSTALLIZATION; DIMERIZATION; DISULFIDE BOND; HYDROPHOBICITY; INTERMEDIATE FILAMENT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ENGINEERING; PROTEIN EXPRESSION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CRYSTALLIZATION; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, X-RAY; DISULFIDES; HUMANS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROTEIN MULTIMERIZATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; VIMENTIN;

EID: 84855839529     PISSN: 10478477     EISSN: 10958657     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsb.2011.11.014     Document Type: Article

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