Crystal Structures of the Clock Protein EA4 from the Silkworm Bombyx mori

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 377, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 630-635

  Hiraki, Toshiki ^a   Shibayama, Naoya ^b   Akashi, Satoko ^a   Park, Sam Yong ^a  

^a YOKOHAMA CITY UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b JICHI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

ATPase; diapause; superoxide dismutase; timer protein; X ray structure

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; COPPER ZINC SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; ESTERASE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GLYCOSYLATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SILKWORM;

BOMBYX MORI; HEXAPODA;

EID: 40649090598     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2008.01.020     Document Type: Article

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