Molecular symmetry of the dodecamer subunit of Lumbricus terrestris hemoglobin

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 255, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 170-175

  Martin, Philip D ^a   Eisele, Katherine L ^a   Doyle, Maureen A ^a   Kuchumov, Askar R ^a   Walz, Daniel A ^b   Arutyunyan, Emil G ^c   Vinogradov, Serge N ^a   Edwards, Brian F P ^a  

^a WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c SHUBNIKOV INSTITUTE OF CRYSTALLOGRAPHY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Crystallization; Dodecamer; Hemoglobin; Lumbricus; Molecular symmetry

Indexed keywords

GLOBIN; HEMOGLOBIN; HEMOGLOBIN CHAIN;

ARTICLE; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; EARTHWORM; MOLECULAR MODEL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN QUATERNARY STRUCTURE; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

EID: 0029862993     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmbi.1996.0014     Document Type: Article

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