Structural and mechanistic basis of immunity toward endonuclease colicins

Nature Structural Biology

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 243-252

  Kleanthous, Colin ^a   Kühlmann, Ulrike C ^a   Pommer, Ansgar J ^a   Ferguson, Neil ^b   Radford, Sheena E ^b   Moore, Geoffrey R ^a   James, Richard ^a   Hemmings, Andrew M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLICIN; DEOXYRIBONUCLEASE; IMMUNOPROTEIN IM9; INHIBITOR PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; ENZYME ACTIVE SITE; ENZYME INHIBITION; ENZYME INHIBITOR COMPLEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FOLDING;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BINDING SITES; COLICINS; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, X-RAY; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; ELECTROSTATICS; ENDONUCLEASES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID;

EID: 0033006298     PISSN: 10728368     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/6683     Document Type: Article

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