Near-atomic cryo-EM imaging of a small protein displayed on a designed scaffolding system

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 115, Issue 13, 2018, Pages 3362-3367

  Liu, Yuxi ^a   Gonen, Shane ^b,c   Gonen, Tamir ^d   Yeates, Todd O ^a,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b HOWARD HUGHES MEDICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cryo electron microscopy; DARPin; Protein cage; Protein design; Protein scaffold

Indexed keywords

DESIGNED ANKYRIN REPEAT PROTEIN; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; PROTEIN;

ALPHA HELIX; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYOELECTRON MICROSCOPY; MOLECULAR SIZE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; MACROMOLECULE; MOLECULAR MODEL; PROCEDURES; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; ULTRASTRUCTURE; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY;

CRYOELECTRON MICROSCOPY; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, X-RAY; MACROMOLECULAR SUBSTANCES; MODELS, MOLECULAR; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEINS;

EID: 85044414451     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1718825115     Document Type: Article

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