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such as the nature and level of air pollution, as well as the health status ofthe population
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... because ofthe absence ofthe catalytic
subunit ISP (Table 1). Figure 3A shows that a band of
approximately 500 kDa was also found in this mutant
strain when the mitochondrial membranes were ana-
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2 Institute of Physics, Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan, ROC
3 Department of Biochemistry, University of Minnesota College of ... structure-based analysis of
staphylococcal nuclease. Proteins: Structure, Function
and Genetics 27, 171–183.
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DM (1993) Mutations can cause large changes ... reported
that multiple mutations can cause large changes in the
average conformation of denatured proteins. Here we
show that a specific single mutation or removal of a
specific fragment can cause large...
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in China and Japan. The first of these ... support, and
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from Hayashibara Biochemical Laboratories (Okayama,
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Academia Sinica (Taipei, Taiwan) for assistance in the chemical
synthesis of inhibitor analogues. We thank Dr Yuch-Cheng Jean of the
Synchrotron Radiation Research Center (Hsinchu, Taiwan) and ... the
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pockets of adamalysin II (cyan) and atrolysin C (blue) after the binding ofa phosphonate inhibitor and the batimastat, respectively [26,47]. (E)
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pockets ofthe catalytic proteinase ... Purification and cloning of aggrecanase-1:
a member ofthe ADAMTS family of proteins. Science 284,
1664–1666.
21. Fox, J.W. & Long, C. (1998) The ADAMs/MDC family of
proteins and their relationships...
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