Crystal structure of the N-terminal domain of MukB: A protein involved in chromosome partitioning

Structure

Volumn 7, Issue 10, 1999, Pages 1181-1187

  Van Den Ent, Fusinita ^a   Lockhart, Andrew ^a,b   Kendrick Jones, John ^a   Löwe, Jan ^a  

^a MRC LABORATORY OF MOLECULAR BIOLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^b Imutran Ltd a Novartis Pharm AG Co   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Chromosome partition; Crystal structure; MukB; SMC; X ray

Indexed keywords

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN PURIFICATION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 0033569886     PISSN: 09692126     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0969-2126(00)80052-0     Document Type: Article

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