Thermal Unfolding of the Cold-acclimated Type of Carp Light Meromyosin Expressed by Recombinant DNA in Escherichia coli

Fisheries Science

Volumn 63, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 1008-1013

  Kakinuma, Makoto ^a   Funabara, Daisuke ^a   Nakaya, Misako ^a   Hirayama, Yasushi ^a   Watabe, Shugo ^a   Maeda, Kayo ^b   Ooi, Tatsuo ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b ADVANCED TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE INTERNATIONAL   (Japan)

^c KYOTO WOMEN'S UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bacterial expression; Carp; Circular dichroism; Differential scanning calorimetry; Light meromyosin; helix

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CYPRINUS CARPIO; ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 0009927045     PISSN: 09199268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2331/fishsci.63.1008     Document Type: Article

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