Aluminum site structure in serum transferrin and lactoferrin revealed by synchrotron radiation X-ray spectroscopy

BioMetals

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 363-367

  Congiu Castellano, A ^a   Boffi, F ^a   Della Longa, S ^b   Giovannelli, A ^b   Girasole, M ^a   Natali, F ^a   Pompa, M ^a   Soldatov, A ^c   Bianconi, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÀ DI ROMA LA SAPIENZA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF L'AQUILA   (Italy)

^c SOUTHERN FEDERAL UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Synchrotron radiation; Transferrins; X ray spectroscopy

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM; LACTOFERRIN; TRANSFERRIN;

ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; HUMAN; METAL BINDING; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; ROENTGEN SPECTROSCOPY; SYNCHROTRON;

ALUMINUM; BINDING SITES; LACTOFERRIN; SPECTROMETRY, X-RAY EMISSION; TRANSFERRIN;

EID: 0030656433     PISSN: 09660844     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1018345021238     Document Type: Article

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