Copper replacement of cadmium-binding α-fragment of metallothionein expressed in Escherichia coli

Research Communications in Molecular Pathology and Pharmacology

Volumn 92, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 225-232

  Kurasaki, Masaaki ^a   Yamasaki, Futoshi ^a   Suzuki Kurasaki, Mika ^a   Kojima, Yutaka ^a  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM; CADMIUM BINDING PROTEIN; COPPER; METALLOTHIONEIN; METALLOTHIONEIN II; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HUMAN; METAL BINDING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STOICHIOMETRY;

BINDING SITES; CARRIER PROTEINS; COPPER; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HUMANS; METALLOTHIONEIN; PEPTIDE FRAGMENTS;

EID: 0029884136     PISSN: 10780297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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