Biophysical characterization of the recombinant importin-α from neurospora crassa

Protein and Peptide Letters

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 8-16

  Takeda, Agnes A S ^a   Freitas, Fernanda Z ^a   Magro, Angelo J ^a   Bernardes, Natalia E ^a   Fernandes, Carlos A H ^a   Goncalves, Rodrigo D ^a   Bertolini, Maria Célia ^a   Fontes, Marcos R M ^a  

^a SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Biophysical characterization; Classical nuclear import pathway; Heterologous expression; Homology modeling; Importin ; Neurospora crassa

Indexed keywords

KARYOPHERIN ALPHA; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; GEL PERMEATION CHROMATOGRAPHY; LIGHT SCATTERING; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NEUROSPORA CRASSA; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR LOCALIZATION SIGNAL; OPEN READING FRAME; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; PROTEIN STABILITY;

EID: 84872929108     PISSN: 09298665     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/092986613804096829     Document Type: Article

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