Harnessing the unique structural properties of isolated α-helices

Journal of Biological Chemistry

Volumn 289, Issue 37, 2014, Pages 25460-25467

  Swanson, Carter J ^a   Sivaramakrishnan, Sivaraj ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELL ENGINEERING; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; PEPTIDES;

CELLULAR ENGINEERING; MOLECULAR MOTORS; PROTEIN FUNCTIONS; PROTEIN INTERACTION; QUATERNARY INTERACTIONS; SECONDARY STRUCTURAL ELEMENTS; STRUCTURAL ELEMENTS; STRUCTURAL FEATURE;

AMINO ACIDS;

ARGININE; GLUTAMIC ACID; LYSINE; MYOSIN; C PEPTIDE; PANCREATIC RIBONUCLEASE;

ALPHA HELIX; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CELL ENGINEERING; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); HUMAN; HYDROGEN BOND; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN ENGINEERING; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN PROCESSING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; CHEMISTRY; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; GENETICS; PROTEIN MOTIF; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE; PROTEIN TERTIARY STRUCTURE; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION;

AMINO ACID MOTIFS; ARGININE; C-PEPTIDE; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; HUMANS; LYSINE; PROTEIN INTERACTION DOMAINS AND MOTIFS; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; RIBONUCLEASE, PANCREATIC; STRUCTURE-ACTIVITY RELATIONSHIP;

EID: 84907164371     PISSN: 00219258     EISSN: 1083351X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1074/jbc.R114.583906     Document Type: Review

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