Brain expressed and X-linked (Bex) proteins are Intrinsically Disordered Proteins (IDPs) and form new signaling hubs

PLoS ONE

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Fernandez, Eva M ^a   Díaz Ceso, María D ^a   Vilar, Marҫal ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE SALUD CARLOS III   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INTRINSICALLY DISORDERED PROTEIN; PROTEIN BEX1; PROTEIN BEX2; PROTEIN BEX3; PROTEIN BEX4; PROTEIN BEX5; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; BEX1 PROTEIN, HUMAN; BEX1 PROTEIN, MOUSE; NERVE PROTEIN; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BIOINFORMATICS; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HUMAN; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FAMILY; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; RAT; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE; PROTEIN TERTIARY STRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; HUMANS; MICE; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; RATS; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 84921908776     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0117206     Document Type: Article

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