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Microneme protein 4 is involved in cell binding by the important parasite Toxoplasma gondii. We present here the backbone and side-chain assignments of the first two apple domains together with a new graphical aid for their assignment using NMRView.
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This work was supported by the Medical Research Council (MRC grant number G0400423, SJM) and by the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC). The authors would also like to thank Dominique Soldati-Favre for providing DNA templates for cloning.
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Marchant, J., Sawmynaden, K., Saouros, S. et al. Complete resonance assignment of the first and second apple domains of MIC4 from Toxoplasma gondii, using a new NMRView-based assignment aid. Biomol NMR Assign 2, 119–121 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12104-008-9100-1
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