NikR is a ribbon-helix-helix DNA-binding protein

Protein Science

Volumn 8, Issue 11, 1999, Pages 2494-2500

  Chivers, Peter T ^a   Sauer, Robert T ^a,b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Nickel permease; Protein folding; Repressor; Sequence homology; Sequence profile; Structure prediction

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; BINDING PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; DNA SEQUENCE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE; PROTEIN STABILITY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS;

ARCHAEA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 0032697047     PISSN: 09618368     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1110/ps.8.11.2494     Document Type: Article

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