Comparison of high-resolution structures of the diphtheria toxin repressor in complex with cobalt and zinc at the cation-anion binding site

Protein Science

Volumn 6, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 1114-1118

  Pohl, Ehmke ^a   Qiu, Xiayang ^a,c   Must, Lisa M ^b   Holmes, Randall K ^b   Hol, Wim G J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^c GLAXOSMITHKLINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Corynebacterium diphtheriae; diphtheria toxin repressor; metal activated repressor; X ray crystal structure

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CHROMOSOME ANALYSIS; CORYNEBACTERIUM DIPHTHERIAE; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; DNA SEQUENCE; ENZYME BINDING; GENETIC CODE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; REPRESSOR GENE; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY;

EID: 0030902083     PISSN: 09618368     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pro.5560060519     Document Type: Article

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