The crystal structure of Dps, a ferritin homolog that binds and protects DNA

Nature Structural Biology

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 294-303

  Grant, R A ^a   Filman, D J ^a   Finkel, S E ^a   Kolter, R ^a   Hogle, J M ^a,b  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA BINDING PROTEIN; FERRITIN;

ARTICLE; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; DNA BINDING; OXIDATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN FOLDING; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BINDING SITES; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, X-RAY; DNA; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FERRITINS; MACROMOLECULAR SUBSTANCES; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OXIDATIVE STRESS; POINT MUTATION; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID;

EID: 0031959912     PISSN: 10728368     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nsb0498-294     Document Type: Article

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