The Escherichia coli thioredoxin homolog YbbN/Trxsc is a chaperone and a weak protein oxidoreductase.

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The Escherichia coli thioredoxin homolog YbbN/Trxsc is

a chaperone and a weak protein oxidoreductase.

Thérèse Caldas, Abderrahim Malki, Renée Kern, Jad Abdallah, Gilbert

Richarme

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Thérèse Caldas, Abderrahim Malki, Renée Kern, Jad Abdallah, Gilbert Richarme. The Es-cherichia coli thioredoxin homolog YbbN/Trxsc is a chaperone and a weak protein oxidoreduc-tase.. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications, Elsevier, 2006, 343 (3), pp.780. �10.1016/j.bbrc.2006.03.028�. �hal-00021859�

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