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Structure and heme binding properties of Escherichia coli O157:H7 ChuX

  1. Michael D. L. Suits1,
  2. Jérôme Lang2,
  3. Gour P. Pal1,
  4. Manon Couture2,
  5. Zongchao Jia1,*

Article first published online: 10 FEB 2009

DOI: 10.1002/pro.84

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Protein Science

Protein Science

Volume 18, Issue 4, pages 825–838, April 2009

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Suits, M. D. L., Lang, J., Pal, G. P., Couture, M. and Jia, Z. (2009), Structure and heme binding properties of Escherichia coli O157:H7 ChuX. Protein Science, 18: 825–838. doi: 10.1002/pro.84

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  1. 1

    Department of Biochemistry, Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada K7L 3N6

  2. 2

    Département de Biochimie et de Microbiologie, Université Laval, Quebec City, Quebec, Canada G1K 7P4

*Department of Biochemistry, Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada K7L 3N6

Publication History

  1. Issue published online: 25 MAR 2009
  2. Article first published online: 10 FEB 2009
  3. Accepted manuscript online: 10 FEB 2009 12:00AM EST
  4. Manuscript Accepted: 2 FEB 2009
  5. Manuscript Revised: 28 JAN 2009
  6. Manuscript Received: 28 NOV 2008

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  • Queen's Graduate Fellowships
  • CIHR
  • EMBO
  • NSERC
  • OGS
  • NSERC discovery. Grant Number: 250073
  • CFI. Grant Number: 7128

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