Molecular design of novel metal-binding oligomeric human metallothioneins

Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 84-89

  Hong, S H ^a   Gohya, M ^a   Ono, H ^a   Murakami, H ^a,b   Yamashita, M ^a   Hirayama, N ^c   Murooka, Y ^a  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c TOKAI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BINDING PROTEIN; BIOMATERIAL; CADMIUM; DIMER; DITHIOTHREITOL; METALLOTHIONEIN; OLIGOMER; TETRAMER; ZINC;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; METAL BINDING; NONHUMAN; RECYCLING; SOIL TREATMENT;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BASE SEQUENCE; BIOPOLYMERS; DNA PRIMERS; HUMANS; METALLOTHIONEIN; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; NEGIBACTERIA; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 0033913468     PISSN: 01757598     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002530000360     Document Type: Article

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