Influence of expression system on chromophore binding and preservation of spectral properties in recombinant phytochrome A

European Journal of Biochemistry

Volumn 236, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 978-983

  Gärtner, Wolfgang ^a   Hill, Christiane ^a   Worm, Karl ^a   Braslavsky, Silvia E ^a   Schaffner, Kurt ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR CHEMICAL ENERGY CONVERSION   (Germany)

Author keywords

Avena sativa; chromophore protein interaction; phycocyanobilin; phytochrome; protein folding

Indexed keywords

ENDOGENOUS COMPOUND; PHYTOCHROME; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CHROMATOPHORE; DELETION MUTANT; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION; PLANT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; YEAST;

AVENA SATIVA;

EID: 0030001979     PISSN: 00142956     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1432-1033.1996.00978.x     Document Type: Article

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