NMR structure of the sea urchin (Strongylocentrotus purpuratus) metallothionein MTA

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 291, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 417-428

  Riek, Roland ^a   Prêcheur, Bénédicte ^a   Wang, Yunyuan ^b   MacKay, Elaine A ^b   Wider, Gerhard ^a   Güntert, Peter ^a   Liu, Aizhuo ^a   Kägi, Jeremias H R ^b   Wüthrich, Kurt ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Metal thiolate cluster topology; Metallothionein; NMR structure; Sea urchin

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; CYSTEINE; METALLOTHIONEIN; POLYPEPTIDE;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEA URCHIN; SPECTROSCOPY; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

CRUSTACEA; ECHINOIDEA; MAMMALIA; STRONGYLOCENTROTUS PURPURATUS;

EID: 0344329865     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmbi.1999.2967     Document Type: Article

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