De Novo Protein Design as a Methodology for Synthetic Bioinorganic Chemistry

Accounts of Chemical Research

Volumn 48, Issue 8, 2015, Pages 2388-2396

  Mocny, Catherine S ^a   Pecoraro, Vincent L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM; MERCURY; PEPTIDE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BINDING SITE; CHEMISTRY; ENZYME ACTIVE SITE; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE; SYNTHESIS; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BINDING SITES; CADMIUM; CATALYTIC DOMAIN; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, X-RAY; MERCURY; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PEPTIDES; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY;

EID: 84939481861     PISSN: 00014842     EISSN: 15204898     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acs.accounts.5b00175     Document Type: Article

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