Moniliophthora perniciosa Necrosis- and Ethylene-Inducing Protein 2 (MpNep2) as a Metastable Dimer in Solution: Structural and Functional Implications

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 9, 2012, Pages

  de Oliveira, Guilherme A P ^a   Pereira, Elen G ^a   Dias, Cristiano V ^b,c   Souza, Theo L F ^a   Ferretti, Giulia D S ^a   Cordeiro, Yraima ^a   Camillo, Luciana R ^b   Cascardo, Júlio ^b   Almeida, Fabio C ^a   Valente, Ana Paula ^a   Silva, Jerson L ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^b DEPARTAMENTO DE CIÊNCIAS BIOLÓGICAS   (Brazil)

^c Mars Center for Cocoa Science   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIMER; FUNGAL PROTEIN; MONOMER; NECROSIS AND ETHYLENE INDUCING PROTEIN 2; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BASIDIOMYCETES; CONTROLLED STUDY; DILUTION; DISSOCIATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HEAT TREATMENT; IONIC STRENGTH; MONILIOPHTHORA PERNICIOSA; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; OXIDATION; PROTEIN DENATURATION; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN STABILITY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; THERMODYNAMICS; ULTRA PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BASIDIOMYCOTA; CALORIMETRY, DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; DIMERIZATION; FUNGAL PROTEINS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE, BIOMOLECULAR; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SCATTERING, RADIATION; SOLUTIONS; THERMODYNAMICS;

DICOTYLEDONEAE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FUNGI; MONILIOPHTHORA; OOMYCETES; PHYTOPHTHORA PARASITICA; THEOBROMA CACAO;

EID: 84866664462     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0045620     Document Type: Article

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