Purification and characterization of a copper-binding protein from Asian periwinkle Littorina brevicula

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - C Toxicology and Pharmacology

Volumn 134, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 101-107

  Ryu, Soo Kyung ^a   Park, Jin Sung ^a   Lee, In Sook ^a  

^a Ewha Womans University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Copper; Copper binding protein; Littorina brevicula; Metal binding protein; Metallothionein

Indexed keywords

2 DIETHYLAMINOETHANOL; AROMATIC AMINO ACID; BINDING PROTEIN; COPPER; COPPER BINDING PROTEIN; HISTIDINE; METAL ION; METALLOTHIONEIN; METHIONINE; PHENYLALANINE; SEPHAROSE; TYROSINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ZINC;

AMINO ACID ANALYSIS; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANION EXCHANGE CHROMATOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOSOL; MATRIX ASSISTED LASER DESORPTION IONIZATION TIME OF FLIGHT MASS SPECTROMETRY; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN ISOLATION; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; REVERSED PHASE HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY;

LITTORINA; LITTORINA BREVICULA;

EID: 0037234469     PISSN: 15320456     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1532-0456(02)00217-X     Document Type: Article

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