Identification of a copper-binding metallothionein in pathogenic mycobacteria

Nature Chemical Biology

Volumn 4, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 609-616

  Gold, Ben ^a   Deng, Haiteng ^b   Bryk, Ruslana ^a   Vargas, Diana ^c   Eliezer, David ^a   Roberts, Julia ^a   Jiang, Xiuju ^a   Nathan, Carl ^a  

^a WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^b ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c PUBLIC HEALTH RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM; COPPER ION; CYSTEINE; METALLOTHIONEIN; NITRIC OXIDE; SUPEROXIDE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE LIBRARY; GENETIC SCREENING; GENETIC VARIABILITY; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NONHUMAN; OPEN READING FRAME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; TOXICITY; VERTEBRATE;

CORYNEBACTERINEAE; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; POSIBACTERIA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 51949098115     PISSN: 15524450     EISSN: 15524469     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nchembio.109     Document Type: Article

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