Jordan T. Detamore Week 8
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Definitions
- oligomeric-a polymer consisting of fewer than 20 monomers
- glycosylate-the formation of linkages with glycosyl groups.
- ectodomain-extracellular domain on membrane-anchored proteins
- immunoglobulins-any of several classes of structurally related proteins that function as antibodies or receptors and are found in plasma and other body fluids and in the membrane of certain cells.
- fusogenic-facilitate fusion
- chemokine-any of a group of cytokines produced by various cells (as at sites of inflammation) that stimulate chemotaxis in white blood cells (as neutrophils and T cells)
- isomorophous-having similar shape, form, or structure
- staves-strands or narrow strips that run between two structures to act as a covering or lining
- distal-The more (or most) distant of two (or more) things
- protomer-A structural subunit of a larger structure.
Outline
What is the main result (message) presented in this paper?
What is the importance or significance of this work?
What were the limitations in previous studies that led them to perform this work?
What were the methods used in the study?
Protein production, crystallization and data collection
- Chinese hamster ovarian cells were used
Briefly state the result shown in each of the figures and tables
How do the results of this study compare to the results of previous studies?
Powerpoint
Acknowledgements
- I worked with Isai Lopez, Colin Wikholm, and Anu Vashneyaboth in class and outside of class on Monday October 24th for this weeks electronic notebook and for the group powerpoint.
- I received instruction from Dr. Dahlquist's in Bioinformatics class
- While I worked with the people noted above, this individual journal entry was completed by me and not copied from another source.
- Jordan T. Detamore 20:17, 24 October 2016 (EDT):
References
Week 8 Assignment created by Kam D. Dahlquist
Useful links
LMU Seaver College of Science and Engineering