Crystallization and preliminary crystallographic study of stonustoxin, a protein lethal factor isolated from the stonefish (Synanceja horrida) venom

Journal of Structural Biology

Volumn 128, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 216-218

  Yew, Wen Shan ^a   Kolatkar, Prasanna R ^b   Kuhn, Peter ^c   Khoo, Hoon Eng ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

^c SLAC NATIONAL ACCELERATOR LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN SUBUNIT; STONEFISH VENOM; STONUSTOXIN;

ARTICLE; CONFORMATION; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; CRYSTALLIZATION; DIFFRACTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN ISOLATION;

SYNANCEIA HORRIDA;

EID: 0342470416     PISSN: 10478477     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jsbi.1999.4193     Document Type: Article

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