Crystal structure of the macrophage migration inhibitory factor from rat liver

Nature Structural Biology

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 259-266

  Suzuki, Mamoru ^a,b   Sugimoto, Hiroshi ^a   Nakagawa, Atsushi ^a   Tanaka, Isao ^a   Nishihira, Jun ^c   Sakai, Masaharu ^c  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b HIGH ENERGY ACCELERATOR RESEARCH ORGANIZATION KEK   (Japan)

^c HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLUTATHIONE TRANSFERASE; ISOMERASE; MACROPHAGE MIGRATION INHIBITION FACTOR; MONOMER;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; ENZYME SUBSTRATE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; IMMUNOMODULATION; LIVER; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN TERTIARY STRUCTURE; RAT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; CRYSTALLIZATION; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, X-RAY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; LIVER; MACROPHAGE MIGRATION-INHIBITORY FACTORS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; RATS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID;

EID: 0029971584     PISSN: 10728368     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nsb0396-259     Document Type: Article

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