Overexpression and structural characterization of the phage T4 protein DsbA

Biological Chemistry

Volumn 379, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 51-58

  Sieber, P ^a   Lindemann, A ^a   Boehm, M ^a   Seidel, G ^a   Herzing, U ^a   Van Der Heusen, P ^b   Muller R ^b   Ruger W ^b   Jaenicke, R ^c   Rosch P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BAYREUTH   (Germany)

^b RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF REGENSBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Dimerization; DNA binding; Structural analysis; Thermodynamic stability

Indexed keywords

DIMER; DNA BINDING PROTEIN; DOUBLE STRAND BINDING PROTEIN; GENE PRODUCT; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN; RNA POLYMERASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VIRUS PROTEIN;

ALPHA HELIX; ARTICLE; BACTERIOPHAGE T4; BINDING SITE; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS LINKING; DIMERIZATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; NONHUMAN; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; PROTEIN QUATERNARY STRUCTURE; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE; PROTEIN STABILITY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; THERMOSTABILITY; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; UNIDENTIFIED BACTERIOPHAGE;

EID: 0031962273     PISSN: 14316730     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/bchm.1998.379.1.51     Document Type: Article

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