Lumbricus terrestris hemoglobin - The architecture of linker chains and structural variation of the central toroid

Journal of Structural Biology

Volumn 133, Issue 2-3, 2001, Pages 176-192

  Mouche, Fabrice ^a   Boisset, Nicolas ^a   Penczek, Pawel A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PIERRE ET MARIE CURIE   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Contrast transfer function; Cryo electron microscopy; Field emission gun; Hemoglobin; Three dimensional reconstruction

Indexed keywords

CARRIER PROTEIN; HEMOGLOBIN; OXYGEN;

CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYOELECTRON MICROSCOPY; EARTHWORM; HEMOGLOBIN ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN POLYMERIZATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY;

LUMBRICUS TERRESTRIS; PHERETIMA SIEBOLDI; TRIXIS;

EID: 0035783172     PISSN: 10478477     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jsbi.2001.4362     Document Type: Conference Paper

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