X-ray crystallography reveals a large conformational change during guanyl transfer by mRNA capping enzymes

Cell

Volumn 89, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 545-553

  Håkansson, Kjell ^a   Doherty, Aidan J ^a   Shuman, Stewart ^b   Wigley, Dale B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY;

EID: 0038228666     PISSN: 00928674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0092-8674(00)80236-6     Document Type: Article

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