Crystal structure of α-hordothionin at 1.9 Å resolution

FEBS Letters

Volumn 579, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 2301-2306

  Johnson, Kenneth A ^a,d   Kim, Eunsung ^b   Teeter, Martha M ^c   Suh, Se Won ^b   Stec, Boguslaw ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT EL PASO   (United States)

^b Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^c BOSTON COLLEGE   (United States)

^d STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Hordothionin; Membrane lysis; Plant toxin; Thionin

Indexed keywords

ALPHA HORDOTHIONIN; BETA PUROTHIONIN; PLANT TOXIN; THIONINE; TOXIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VISOTOXIN A 3;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BARLEY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; CRYSTALLIZATION; MOLECULE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; SOLUTE; TOXIN ANALYSIS; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY;

EID: 17644404024     PISSN: 00145793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.febslet.2004.12.100     Document Type: Article

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