Structural role of the copper ions in the dinuclear active site of Carcinus aestuarii hemocyanin

Micron

Volumn 35, Issue 1-2, 2004, Pages 43-44

  Gatto, S ^a   De Filippis, V ^a   Spinozzi, F ^b   Di Muro, P ^a   Bubacco, L ^a   Beltramini, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITÀ POLITECNICA DELLE MARCHE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Aggregation; Copper removal; Hemocyanin; Tertiary structure

Indexed keywords

CARCINUS; CARCINUS AESTUARII;

EID: 1242322599     PISSN: 09684328     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.micron.2003.10.011     Document Type: Conference Paper

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