On the structural organization of the intracellular domains of CFTR

International Journal of Biochemistry and Cell Biology

Volumn 52, Issue , 2014, Pages 7-14

  Moran, Oscar ^a  

^a CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

CFTR; Cystic fibrosis; NBD; Regulatory domain; Structure

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; CYCLIC AMP DEPENDENT PROTEIN KINASE; CYSTIC FIBROSIS TRANSMEMBRANE CONDUCTANCE REGULATOR; INTRINSICALLY DISORDERED PROTEIN; PROTEIN BINDING;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CHANNEL GATING; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; CONSENSUS SEQUENCE; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; CRYSTALLIZATION; HYDROLYSIS; INTRACELLULAR SPACE; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NUCLEOTIDE BINDING SITE; PROTEIN CROSS LINKING; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN MOTIF; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; REVIEW; THERMODYNAMICS; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; CYSTIC FIBROSIS; GENETICS; HUMAN; METABOLISM; PHOSPHORYLATION; PROTEIN TERTIARY STRUCTURE;

CYSTIC FIBROSIS; CYSTIC FIBROSIS TRANSMEMBRANE CONDUCTANCE REGULATOR; HUMANS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; PHOSPHORYLATION; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY;

EID: 84901610851     PISSN: 13572725     EISSN: 18785875     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocel.2014.01.024     Document Type: Review

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