Biochemical and structural characterization of recombinant copper- metallothionein from Saccharomyces cerevisiae

European Journal of Biochemistry

Volumn 262, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 858-865

  Sayers, Zehra ^a,c   Brouillon, Patricia ^a,d   Svergun, Dimitri I ^a   Zielenkiewicz, Piotr ^b   Koch, Michel H J ^a  

^a EUROPEAN MOLECULAR BIOLOGY LABORATORY   (Germany)

^b INSTITUTE OF BIOCHEMISTRY AND BIOPHYSICS   (Poland)

^c SABANCI UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^d SPI BIO   (France)

Author keywords

Cu metallothionein; Purification; Structure; X ray scattering

Indexed keywords

COPPER METALLOTHIONEIN; METALLOTHIONEIN; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID ANALYSIS; ARTICLE; ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROMETRY; ELECTROPHORESIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GEL FILTRATION; ION EXCHANGE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; RADIATION SCATTERING; REVERSED PHASE HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; STOICHIOMETRY; SYNTHESIS; X RAY;

CARRIER PROTEINS; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; FUNGAL PROTEINS; METALLOTHIONEIN; MODELS, MOLECULAR; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SCATTERING, RADIATION; X-RAYS;

EID: 0033564015     PISSN: 00142956     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1432-1327.1999.00451.x     Document Type: Article

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