Prion Domain of Yeast Ure2 Protein Adopts a Completely Disordered Structure: A Solid-Support EPR Study

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 10, 2012, Pages

  Ngo, Sam ^a   Chiang, Vicky ^a   Ho, Elaine ^a   Le, Linh ^a   Guo, Zhefeng ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FUNGAL PROTEIN; PROTEIN URE2; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN AGGREGATION; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN DENATURATION; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; VISCOSITY; YEAST;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMYLOID; ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; HUMANS; MUTATION; PRION DISEASES; PRIONS; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE PROTEINS; SPIN LABELS;

EID: 84867594034     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0047248     Document Type: Article

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