Structural Evidence for Dimer-Interface-Driven Regulation of the Type II Cysteine Desulfurase, SufS

Jack A Dunkle1, Michael R Bruno1, F Wayne Outten2

  • 1Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry , The University of Alabama , Tuscaloosa , Alabama 35487 , United States.

Biochemistry
|December 21, 2018
PubMed

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