Role of cofactors in metalloprotein folding

Quarterly Reviews of Biophysics

Volumn 37, Issue 3-4, 2004, Pages 285-314

  Wilson, Corey J ^a   Apiyo, David ^a   Wittung Stafshede, Pernilla ^a  

^a RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINOPEPTIDASE; CARBOXYPEPTIDASE; CERULOPLASMIN; COPPER PROTEIN; CYTOCHROME; FERRITIN; HEMOCYANIN; HEMOGLOBIN; IRON SULFUR PROTEIN; METALLOPROTEIN; MYOGLOBIN; NITROGENASE; OXIDOREDUCTASE; OXYGENASE; PHOSPHATASE; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; TRANSFERRIN;

CHEMICAL REACTION; DATA ANALYSIS; GENETIC LINKAGE; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN METABOLISM; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; REVIEW;

BIOPHYSICS; CARRIER PROTEINS; HEMEPROTEINS; IRON-SULFUR PROTEINS; METALLOPROTEINS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; PROTEIN FOLDING; ZINC FINGERS;

EID: 25644452609     PISSN: 00335835     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S003358350500404X     Document Type: Review

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