Crystals of cytochrome c-553 from Bacillus pasteurii show diffraction to 0.97 Å Resolution

Proteins: Structure, Function and Genetics

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 580-585

  Benini, Stefano ^a   Ciurli, Stefano ^a   Rypniewski, Wojciech R ^b   Wilson, Keith S ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b EUROPEAN MOLECULAR BIOLOGY LABORATORY   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

B. pasteurii; Crystallization; Cytochrome C553; Electron transfer; Gram positive; Purification; X ray diffraction

Indexed keywords

CYTOCHROME C;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS; DIFFRACTION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME LOCALIZATION; ENZYME PURIFICATION; ENZYME STRUCTURE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

BACILLUS; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, X-RAY; CYTOCHROME C GROUP;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); POSIBACTERIA; SPOROSARCINA PASTEURII;

EID: 0030746129     PISSN: 08873585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0134(199708)28:4<580::AID-PROT11>3.0.CO;2-C     Document Type: Article

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