Preparation and characterization of cobalt-substituted anthrax lethal factor

Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications

Volumn 416, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 106-110

  Säbel, Crystal E ^a   Carbone, Ryan ^a   Dabous, John R ^a   Lo, Suet Y ^a   Siemann, Stefan ^a  

^a LAURENTIAN UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Anthrax lethal factor; Electronic spectroscopy; Metal substitution; Thioglycolic acid; Zinc proteases

Indexed keywords

ANTHRAX LETHAL FACTOR; COBALT; COBALT CHLORIDE; COBALT SUBSTITUTED LETHAL FACTOR; PROTEINASE; THIOGLYCOLIC ACID; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ZINC;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS MEGATERIUM; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; LETHAL GENE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECTROSCOPY;

ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; BACILLUS MEGATERIUM; BACTERIAL TOXINS; CATALYTIC DOMAIN; CELL CULTURE TECHNIQUES; COBALT; KINETICS; METALLOENDOPEPTIDASES; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; ZINC;

BACILLUS MEGATERIUM;

EID: 83055163220     PISSN: 0006291X     EISSN: 10902104     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2011.11.005     Document Type: Article

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