Biochemical and physicochemical characterization of normal and variant forms of human MTH1 protein with antimutagenic activity

Mutation Research - DNA Repair

Volumn 384, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 181-194

  Yakushiji, Hiroyuki ^a   Maraboeuf, Fabrice ^b   Takahashi, Masayuki ^b   Deng, Zeng Sui ^a   Kawabata, Shun Ichiro ^a   Nakabeppu, Yusaku ^a   Sekiguchi, Mutsuo ^c  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b INSTITUT CURIE   (France)

^c FUKUOKA DENTAL COLLEGE   (Japan)

Author keywords

8 oxo dGTPase; Human MTH1 protein; MutT homolog; Prediction of the secondary structure; Thermostability

Indexed keywords

ANTIMUTAGENIC AGENT; GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE DERIVATIVE; PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; COLORECTAL CANCER; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE SEQUENCE; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE; THERMOSTABILITY;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ANTIMUTAGENIC AGENTS; CHEMISTRY, PHYSICAL; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; DNA REPAIR ENZYMES; ENZYME STABILITY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HEAT; HUMANS; PHOSPHORIC MONOESTER HYDROLASES; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SPECTROMETRY, FLUORESCENCE; VARIATION (GENETICS);

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 0030770356     PISSN: 09218777     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0921-8777(97)00025-6     Document Type: Article

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