From artificial antibodies to nanosprings: The biophysical properties of repeat proteins

Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology

Volumn 747, Issue , 2012, Pages 153-166

  Itzhaki, Laura S ^a   Lowe, Alan R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANKYRIN; LEUCINE RICH REPEAT PROTEIN; REGULATOR PROTEIN; REPEAT PROTEIN; TETRATRICOPEPTIDE REPEAT PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ANTIBODY; NANOWIRE;

ALPHA HELIX; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; BETA SHEET; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; HYDROGEN BOND; MOLECULAR RECOGNITION; NONBIOLOGICAL MODEL; NUCLEAR LOCALIZATION SIGNAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN HOMEOSTASIS; PROTEIN MOTIF; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN STABILITY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; PROTEIN UNFOLDING; REVIEW; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; HUMAN; KINETICS; METABOLISM; PROTEIN ENGINEERING; PROTEIN TERTIARY STRUCTURE; THERMODYNAMICS;

ANKYRINS; ANTIBODIES; HUMANS; KINETICS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; NANOWIRES; PROTEIN ENGINEERING; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN STABILITY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 84866786956     PISSN: 00652598     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4614-3229-6_10     Document Type: Review

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