Conformational ensemble of the sodium-coupled aspartate transporter

Nature Structural and Molecular Biology

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 215-221

  Georgieva, Elka R ^a   Borbat, Peter P ^a   Ginter, Christopher ^b   Freed, Jack H ^a   Boudker, Olga ^b  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^b WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARRIER PROTEIN; SODIUM ASPARTATE SYMPORTER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; DOUBLE ELECTRON ELECTRON RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; ENERGY; HYDROPHOBICITY; LIPID BILAYER; MICELLE; POLYMERIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN STABILITY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; PROTEIN SUBUNIT; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SPECTROSCOPY; SPIN LABELING;

AMINO ACID TRANSPORT SYSTEMS, ACIDIC; ARCHAEAL PROTEINS; ASPARTIC ACID; LIPID BILAYERS; MICELLES; MODELS, MOLECULAR; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN SUBUNITS; PYROCOCCUS HORIKOSHII; SODIUM; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; SPIN LABELS;

MAMMALIA; PYROCOCCUS HORIKOSHII;

EID: 84873571301     PISSN: 15459993     EISSN: 15459985     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nsmb.2494     Document Type: Article

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