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Dematin exhibits a natively unfolded core domain and an independently folded headpiece domain

  1. Lin Chen1,
  2. Zhenghui G. Jiang1,
  3. Anwar A. Khan2,
  4. Athar H. Chishti2,
  5. C. James McKnight1,*

Article first published online: 11 JAN 2009

DOI: 10.1002/pro.59

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Protein Science

Protein Science

Volume 18, Issue 3, pages 629–636, March 2009

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Chen, L., Jiang, Z. G., Khan, A. A., Chishti, A. H. and McKnight, C. J. (2009), Dematin exhibits a natively unfolded core domain and an independently folded headpiece domain. Protein Science, 18: 629–636. doi: 10.1002/pro.59

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  1. 1

    Department of Physiology and Biophysics, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts 02118

  2. 2

    Department of Pharmacology and Cancer Center, University of Illinois College of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois 60612

*700 Albany Street, W407, Boston, MA 02118

Publication History

  1. Issue published online: 23 FEB 2009
  2. Article first published online: 11 JAN 2009
  3. Accepted manuscript online: 11 JAN 2009 12:00AM EST
  4. Manuscript Accepted: 17 DEC 2008
  5. Manuscript Revised: 12 DEC 2008
  6. Manuscript Received: 14 NOV 2008

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  • National Institutes of Health. Grant Numbers: GM62886, HL051445

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