Zinc and Sulfur: A Critical Biological Partnership

Biochemistry

Volumn 43, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 3301-3309

  Maret, Wolfgang ^a  

^a University of Texas Medical Branch School of Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; LIGAND; MAGNESIUM; METALLOTHIONEIN; RUBREDOXIN; SULFUR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ZINC; ZINC FINGER PROTEIN; ZINC THIOLATE;

APOPTOSIS; CATALYSIS; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CHEMICAL BOND; COMPLEX FORMATION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); DIMERIZATION; DNA REPAIR; ENZYME MECHANISM; GENETIC CODE; HOMEOSTASIS; HYDROGEN BOND; LIGAND BINDING; METAL BINDING; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; PROTON TRANSPORT; REDUCTION; REVIEW; ZINC FINGER MOTIF;

ANIMALS; HUMANS; METALLOPROTEINS; SULFUR; ZINC; ZINC FINGERS;

EID: 1642389890     PISSN: 00062960     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/bi036340p     Document Type: Review

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