Structure in an extreme environment: NMR at high salt

Protein Science

Volumn 16, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 1783-1787

  Binbuga, Bulent ^a   Boroujerdi, Arezue F B ^a   Young, John K ^a  

^a MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Dihydrofolate reductase; Haloferax volcanii; High salt; NMR; Structure calculation

Indexed keywords

DIHYDROFOLATE REDUCTASE; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ENVIRONMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; HALOFERAX VOLCANII; HALOPHILE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY;

CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, X-RAY; HALOFERAX VOLCANII; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE, BIOMOLECULAR; SODIUM CHLORIDE; TETRAHYDROFOLATE DEHYDROGENASE;

HALOFERAX VOLCANII; HALOPHILIC ARCHAEON;

EID: 34547557942     PISSN: 09618368     EISSN: 1469896X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1110/ps.072950407     Document Type: Article

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