Dynamic properties of monomeric insect erythrocruorin III from Chironomus thummi-thummi: Relationships between structural flexibility and functional complexity

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 73, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 2742-2751

  Di Lorio, Ernesto E ^a,b   Tavernelli, Ivano ^a   Yu, Weiming ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON MONOXIDE; ERYTHROCRUORIN; GLYCEROL; HEMOGLOBIN; MONOMER; POTASSIUM DIHYDROGEN PHOSPHATE;

ARTICLE; BINDING KINETICS; CHIRONOMIDAE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENTHALPY; INSECT; LIGAND BINDING; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NONHUMAN; PHOTOLYSIS; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION;

EID: 0030834507     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0006-3495(97)78303-6     Document Type: Article

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