The dimeric state of glutathione transferases; role of a key residue at the subunit interface in human GSTP1-1

Chemico-Biological Interactions

Volumn 133, Issue 1-3, 2001, Pages 28-32

  Stenberg, Gun ^a   Abdallah, Abdel Monem ^a   Mannervik, Bengt ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Folding assembly; Glutathione transferase; Interface; Mutagenesis

Indexed keywords

EID: 0039893862     PISSN: 00092797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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