Expression and purification of recombinant human tryptase in a baculovirus system

Protein Expression and Purification

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 67-73

  Sakai, Kentaro ^a   Long, Scott D ^a   Dove Pettit, Denise A ^b   Cabral, Guy A ^b   Schwartz, Lawrence B ^a,b  

^a VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; INSECTA; MYTHIMNA UNIPUNCTA; UNIDENTIFIED BACULOVIRUS;

EID: 0030087557     PISSN: 10465928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/prep.1996.0010     Document Type: Article

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