Ta6Br2+12, a tool for phase determination of large biological assemblies by X-ray crystallography

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 270, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 1-7

  Knäblein, Jörg ^a   Neuefeind, Torsten ^a   Schneider, Frank ^a   Bergner, Andreas ^a   Messerschmidt, Albrecht ^a   Löwe, Jan ^a,b   Steipe, Boris ^a,c   Huber, Robert ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF BIOCHEMISTRY   (Germany)

^b MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Biological macromolecules; Crystal structure; Metal cluster; Phase determination; Ta6Br2+12

Indexed keywords

BROMINE DERIVATIVE; DIMETHYL SULFOXIDE; GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE CYCLOHYDROLASE I; OXIDOREDUCTASE; PROTEASOME; PROTEIN; TANTALUM; BROMIDE; CYSTEINE PROTEINASE; DIMETHYL SULFOXIDE REDUCTASE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN LIGHT CHAIN; IRON SULFUR PROTEIN; MULTIENZYME COMPLEX; TANTALUM BROMIDE;

ANALYTICAL ERROR; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CALCULATION; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CRYSTALLIZATION; ELECTRON; MACROMOLECULE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; X RAY DIFFRACTION; CHEMISTRY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN VARIABLE REGION; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; PROTEIN CONFORMATION;

BINDING SITES; BROMIDES; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, X-RAY; CYSTEINE ENDOPEPTIDASES; GTP CYCLOHYDROLASE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN LIGHT CHAINS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN VARIABLE REGION; IRON-SULFUR PROTEINS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MULTIENZYME COMPLEXES; OXIDOREDUCTASES; PROTEASOME ENDOPEPTIDASE COMPLEX; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEINS; TANTALUM;

EID: 0031552507     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmbi.1997.1074     Document Type: Editorial

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