A novel copper-binding protein with characteristics of a metallothionein from a clinical isolate of Candida albicans

Microbiology

Volumn 145, Issue 9, 1999, Pages 2423-2429

  Oh, Ki Bong ^a,b   Watanabe, Takahide ^a   Matsuoka, Hideaki ^a  

^a TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b Seoul National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Amino terminal sequence; Candida albicans; Copper binding protein; Metallothionein; Protein purification and characterization

Indexed keywords

BINDING PROTEIN; FUNGAL PROTEIN; METALLOTHIONEIN;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CANDIDA ALBICANS; GEL PERMEATION CHROMATOGRAPHY; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; REVERSED PHASE HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY;

EID: 0032877707     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/00221287-145-9-2423     Document Type: Article

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