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Conformational flexibility in the apolipoprotein E amino-terminal domain structure determined from three new crystal forms: Implications for lipid binding
Article first published online: 31 DEC 2008
DOI: 10.1110/ps.9.5.886
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Segelke, B. W., Forstner, M., Knapp, M., Trakhanov, S. D., Parkin, S., Newhouse, Y. M., Bellamy, H. D., Weisgraber, K. H. and Rupp, B. (2000), Conformational flexibility in the apolipoprotein E amino-terminal domain structure determined from three new crystal forms: Implications for lipid binding. Protein Science, 9: 886–897. doi: 10.1110/ps.9.5.886
Publication History
- Issue published online: 31 DEC 2008
- Article first published online: 31 DEC 2008
- Manuscript Accepted: 7 MAR 2000
- Manuscript Revised: 17 FEB 2000
- Manuscript Received: 15 DEC 1999
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- U.S. Department of Energy. Grant Number: W-7405ENG-48
- National Institutes of Health. Grant Number: NS35939
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