Purification and characterization of T7 head-tail connectors expressed from the cloned gene

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 258, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 299-307

  Cerritelli, Mario E ^a,b   Studier, F William ^a  

^a BROOKHAVEN NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ARTHRITIS AND MUSCULOSKELETAL AND SKIN DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

Bacteriophage T7; DNA binding; Head tail connector; Portal protein; Purification

Indexed keywords

2 DIETHYLAMINOETHANOL; CELLULOSE PHOSPHATE; DNA BINDING PROTEIN; HYDROXYAPATITE; MONOMER; SODIUM CHLORIDE; VIRUS PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIOPHAGE T7; CHROMATOGRAPHY; COMPLEX FORMATION; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ELECTROPHORETIC MOBILITY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY; PROTEIN DNA BINDING; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

EID: 0029966108     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmbi.1996.0251     Document Type: Article

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