Crystal structures of a nitric oxide transport protein from a blood- sucking insect

Nature Structural Biology

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 304-309

  Weichsel, Andrzej ^a   Andersen, John F ^a   Champagne, Donald E ^b   Walker, F Ann ^c   Montfort, William R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^c University of Arizona   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARRIER PROTEIN; HEME DERIVATIVE; HISTAMINE; NITRIC OXIDE;

ARTICLE; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; CRYSTALLIZATION; DISSOCIATION CONSTANT; HEMIPTERA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; THROMBOCYTE AGGREGATION INHIBITION; VASODILATATION;

HEMIPTERA; INSECTA; RHODNIUS PROLIXUS;

EID: 0031981831     PISSN: 10728368     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nsb0498-304     Document Type: Article

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