Conservation of aconitase residues revealed by multiple sequence analysis. Implications for structure/function relationships

European Journal of Biochemistry

Volumn 239, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 197-200

  Frishman, Dmitrij ^a   Hentze, Matthias W ^a  

^a EUROPEAN MOLECULAR BIOLOGY LABORATORY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Citric acid cycle; Iron regulation; Protein structure; RNA binding; Sequence analysis

Indexed keywords

ACONITATE HYDRATASE; IRON REGULATORY FACTOR; IRON SULFUR PROTEIN; ISOMERASE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; ENZYME ACTIVE SITE; ENZYME ANALYSIS; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; PLANT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); MAMMALIA;

EID: 0029944211     PISSN: 00142956     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1432-1033.1996.0197u.x     Document Type: Article

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