Fix L, a haemoglobin that acts as an oxygen sensor: Signalling mechanism and structural basis of its homology with PAS domains

Chemistry and Biology

Volumn 6, Issue 11, 1999, Pages

  Perutz, Max F ^a   Paoli, Massimo ^b   Lesk, Arthur M ^c  

^a MRC LABORATORY OF MOLECULAR BIOLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CETACEA; RHIZOBIUM;

EID: 0033229863     PISSN: 10745521     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1074-5521(99)80121-5     Document Type: Short Survey

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