The crystal structure of the photoprotein aequorin at 2.3 Å resolution

Nature

Volumn 405, Issue 6784, 2000, Pages 372-376

  Head, James F ^a   Inouye, Satoshi ^b   Teranishi, Katsunori ^c   Shimomura, Osamu ^a,d  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b CHISSO CORPORATION   (Japan)

^c MIE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d MARINE BIOLOGICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEQUORIN; PHOTOPROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; HYDROPHOBICITY; MOLECULAR MODEL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN STABILITY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY;

AEQUORIN; ANIMALS; CALCIUM; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, X-RAY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; IMIDAZOLES; LIGANDS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; PYRAZINES; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SCYPHOZOA;

AEQUOREA AEQUOREA;

EID: 0034682381     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/35012659     Document Type: Article

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