Structural Characterization of the Interaction of Human Lactoferrin with Calmodulin

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 12, 2012, Pages

  Gifford, Jessica L ^a   Ishida, Hiroaki ^a   Vogel, Hans J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMIDE; CALMODULIN; LACTOFERRIN; METHIONINE;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CELL ACTIVATION; CELL NUCLEUS; COMPLEX FORMATION; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; CYTOPLASM; HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; PROTEIN TARGETING; PROTON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS;

BINDING SITES; CALMODULIN; ELECTROPHORETIC MOBILITY SHIFT ASSAY; HUMANS; LACTOFERRIN; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; MODELS, MOLECULAR; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN CONFORMATION;

EID: 84870841474     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0051026     Document Type: Article

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