Structural and functional characterization of two mutated R2 proteins of Escherichia coli ribonucleotide reductase

European Journal of Biochemistry

Volumn 237, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 58-63

  Larsson, Åke ^a   Climent, Isabel ^a   Nordlund, Pär ^a   Sahlin, Margareta ^a   Sjöberg, Britt Marie ^a  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Escherichia coli; nrdB mutants; R2 ribonucleotide reductase

Indexed keywords

RIBONUCLEOTIDE REDUCTASE;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ANALYSIS; ENZYME STRUCTURE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MOLECULAR CLONING; MUTATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 0029877359     PISSN: 00142956     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1432-1033.1996.0058n.x     Document Type: Article

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