Cloning and heterologous expression of a Methanococcus vannielii gene encoding a selenium-binding protein

IUBMB Life

Volumn 56, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 501-507

  Self, William T ^a,c   Pierce, Renee ^a,d   Stadtman, T C ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL HEART LUNG AND BLOOD INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Bound selenium; Hydrophobic protein; Immunoaffinity chromatography; Selenite; Selenium mobilization; Sequence homology

Indexed keywords

BINDING PROTEIN; CARBONATE DEHYDRATASE; FORMATE DEHYDROGENASE; FORMIC ACID; SELENITE; SELENIUM BINDING PROTEIN; SELENOCYSTEINE; SELENOPROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FOLATE METABOLISM; GENE EXPRESSION; INTRACELLULAR TRANSPORT; METAL BINDING; METHANOCOCCUS VANNIELII; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; OPERON; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CARRIER PROTEINS; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DIMERIZATION; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FORMATE DEHYDROGENASES; METHANOCOCCUS; MODELS, GENETIC; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OPEN READING FRAMES; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SELENIUM; SELENIUM-BINDING PROTEINS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; METHANOCOCCUS VANNIELII; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 9644294205     PISSN: 15216543     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15216540400010818     Document Type: Article

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