Effects of fluorine substitution on the structure and dynamics of complexes of dihydrofolate reductase (Escherichia coli)

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 73, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 1579-1592

  Lau, E Y ^a   Gerig, J T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

6 FLUOROTRYPTOPHAN; DIHYDROFOLATE REDUCTASE; TRYPTOPHAN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN BINDING; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 0030744035     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3495(97)78190-6     Document Type: Article

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