Coil-to-helix transitions in intrinsically disordered methyl CpG binding protein 2 and its isolated domains

Protein Science

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 531-538

  Hite, Kristopher C ^a   Kalashnikova, Anna A ^a   Hansen, Jeffrey C ^a  

^a Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

2,2,2 trifluoroethanol; Circular dichroism; Disorder to order transition; Domain; Intrinsically disordered; Natively unstructured

Indexed keywords

METHYL CPG BINDING PROTEIN 2; POLYPEPTIDE; TRIFLUOROETHANOL;

ALPHA HELIX; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA BINDING; HUMAN; HYDROGEN BOND; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN ISOLATION; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

ANIMALS; CHICKENS; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; HISTONES; HUMANS; HYDROGEN BONDING; METHYL-CPG-BINDING PROTEIN 2; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN STABILITY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; SOLVENTS; STRUCTURE-ACTIVITY RELATIONSHIP; TRIFLUOROETHANOL;

EID: 84858685375     PISSN: 09618368     EISSN: 1469896X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pro.2037     Document Type: Article

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