Effects of amino acid replacements on cadmium binding of metallothionein α-fragment

Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences

Volumn 53, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 459-465

  Yamasaki, F ^a   Kurasaki, M ^a   Oikawa, S ^b   Emoto, T ^a   Okabe, M ^a   Kojima, Y ^a  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b JIKEI UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

fragment; Amino acid replacement; Cadmium; Cysteine; Escherichia coli; Expression; Metal; Metallothionein

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM; CYSTEINE; GLYCINE; METALLOTHIONEIN; MUTANT PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; METAL BINDING; NONHUMAN; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; STOICHIOMETRY;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CADMIUM; CYSTEINE; DITHIONITROBENZOIC ACID; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC VECTORS; HUMANS; METALLOTHIONEIN; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; STRUCTURE-ACTIVITY RELATIONSHIP;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 0030799199     PISSN: 1420682X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s000180050056     Document Type: Article

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