Ligand size is a major determinant of specificity in periplasmic oxyanion-binding proteins: The 1.2 Å resolution crystal structure of Azotobacter vinelandii ModA

Structure

Volumn 6, Issue 12, 1998, Pages 1529-1539

  Lawson, David M ^a   Williams, Clare E M ^a   Mitchenall, Lesley A ^a   Pau, Richard N ^a  

^a JOHN INNES CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Binding protein; Crystallography; Molybdate; Specificity; Three dimensional structure

Indexed keywords

AZOTOBACTER VINELANDII; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM; TYPHIMURIUM;

EID: 0032534765     PISSN: 09692126     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0969-2126(98)00151-8     Document Type: Article

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