Backbone structure of a small helical integral membrane protein: A unique structural characterization

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Backbone structure of a small helical integral membrane protein: A unique structural characterization

Richard C. Page^1,2,†,‡,
Sangwon Lee^3,‡,
Jacob D. Moore^1,2,
Stanley J. Opella³,
Timothy A. Cross^1,2,*

Article first published online: 2 DEC 2008

DOI: 10.1002/pro.24

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Protein Science

Volume 18, Issue 1, pages 134–146, January 2009

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Page, R. C., Lee, S., Moore, J. D., Opella, S. J. and Cross, T. A. (2009), Backbone structure of a small helical integral membrane protein: A unique structural characterization. Protein Science, 18: 134–146. doi: 10.1002/pro.24

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Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida 32306-4390
²
National High Magnetic Field Laboratory, Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida 32310
³
Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California, San Diego, California 92093-0307

^†
Department of Molecular Cardiology, The Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, OH 44195, USA

^‡
Richard C. Page and Sangwon Lee contributed equally to this manuscript.

Email: Timothy A. Cross (cross@magnet.fsu.edu)

^*Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida 32306-4390

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Issue published online: 16 DEC 2008
Article first published online: 2 DEC 2008
Accepted manuscript online: 2 DEC 2008 12:00AM EST
Manuscript Accepted: 23 OCT 2008
Manuscript Received: 25 JUL 2008

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National Institutes of Health. Grant Numbers: P01-GM64676, R01-AI23007, R01-AI073891, R01-GM075877, P41-EB002031
National High Magnetic Field Laboratory. Grant Number: DMR-0654118
American Heart Association predoctoral fellowship. Grant Number: 0615223B
National Institutes of Health predoctoral fellowship. Grant Number: F31NS054494

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