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Chun Tang1, Rodolfo Ghirlando, G Marius Clore

  • 1Laboratory of Chemical Physics, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland 20892-0520, USA.

まとめ

弱いタンパク質の自己結合を検出することは困難です. この研究では,パラマグネティック・リラクゼーション・エンハンスメント (PRE) を使用して,ヒスティジンを含むタンパク質HPrの超弱相互作用を特徴付け,その自己組織化メカニズムに関する重要な詳細を明らかにしています.

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