Bacterial collagen-like proteins that form triple-helical structures

Journal of Structural Biology

Volumn 186, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 451-461

  Yu, Zhuoxin ^a,d   An, Bo ^b   Ramshaw, John A M ^c   Brodsky, Barbara ^b  

^a RUTGERS ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b Tufts University   (United States)

^c CSIRO   (Australia)

^d Brightech International LLC   (United States)

Author keywords

Biomedical material; Collagen; Prokaryote; Recombinant expression; Thermal stability; Triple helix

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; BIOMATERIAL; COLLAGEN; HYDROXYPROLINE; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACILLUS ANTHRACIS; BACTERIAL GENOME; CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENOME ANALYSIS; HYDROXYLATION; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA; METHYLOBACTERIUM; MISSENSE MUTATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES; THERMOSTABILITY; TRIPLE HELIX; CHEMISTRY; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PROTEIN STABILITY; PROTEIN TERTIARY STRUCTURE;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; MAMMALIA; PROKARYOTA;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BIOCOMPATIBLE MATERIALS; COLLAGEN; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HYDROXYLATION; MUTATION, MISSENSE; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN STABILITY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS;

EID: 84901638870     PISSN: 10478477     EISSN: 10958657     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsb.2014.01.003     Document Type: Article

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