Crystallization and preliminary X-ray analysis of Escherichia coli methionyl-tRNAfMet formyltransferase

Proteins: Structure, Function and Genetics

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 139-141

  Schmitt, Emmanuelle ^a   Mechulam, Yves ^a   Ruff, Marc ^b   Mitschler, Andre ^b   Moras, Dino ^b   Blanquet, Sylvain ^a  

^a LABORATOIRE DE BIOCHIMIE   (France)

^b INSTITUT DE GÉNÉTIQUE ET DE BIOLOGIE MOLÉCULAIRE ET CELLULAIRE   (France)

Author keywords

Crystallization; Methionyl tRNAfMet formyltransferase; X ray structure

Indexed keywords

METHIONINE TRANSFER RNA; TRANSFERASE;

ARTICLE; CRYSTALLIZATION; ELECTROPHORESIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; X RAY ANALYSIS;

ACYLTRANSFERASES; AMMONIUM SULFATE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; CRYSTALLIZATION; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, X-RAY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HYDROXYMETHYL AND FORMYL TRANSFERASES;

EID: 0029970052     PISSN: 08873585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/prot.14     Document Type: Article

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