Expression of horseshoe crab arginine kinase in Escherichia coli and site-directed mutations of the reactive cysteine peptide

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - B Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Volumn 113, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 809-816

  Strong, Scott J ^a,b   Ellington, W Ross ^a  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS ALL CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

arginine kinase; guanidino kinase; phosphagen

Indexed keywords

ARGININE KINASE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ANALYSIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION; INVERTEBRATE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS;

EID: 0029888809     PISSN: 03050491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0305-0491(95)02104-3     Document Type: Article

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