Expression, purification, and initial characterization of the recombinant storage protein precursor of Theobroma cacao

Protein Expression and Purification

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 377-383

  O'Connor, Juli ^a   Revell, Dean F ^a   Masters, Karen E ^b   Connerton, Ian F ^a   Sumner, Ian G ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF FOOD RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ESCHERICHIA COLI; THEOBROMA CACAO;

EID: 0030175203     PISSN: 10465928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/prep.1996.0056     Document Type: Article

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