Preparation and zinc-binding properties of multi-fingered zinc-sensing domains

Methods in Molecular Biology

Volumn 649, Issue , 2010, Pages 411-435

  Laity, John H ^a   Feng, Linda S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI KANSAS CITY   (United States)

Author keywords

apo protein; calorimetry; expression; HPLC purification; metal binding; NMR; Zinc fingers; zinc sensing

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

DNA BINDING PROTEIN; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR MTF 1; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR MTF-1; ZAP1 PROTEIN, S CEREVISIAE; ZINC; ZINC FINGER PROTEIN;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CALORIMETRY; GENETICS; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; METABOLISM; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS;

ANIMALS; CALORIMETRY; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE PROTEINS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; ZINC; ZINC FINGERS;

EID: 82355185706     PISSN: 10643745     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-60761-753-2_26     Document Type: Article

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