Expression, purification, and characterization of the G domain of Saccharomyces cerevisiae elongation factor 2

Protein Expression and Purification

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 91-96

  Rao, Sulekha ^a,b   Bodley, James W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ESCHERICHIA COLI; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EID: 0030220285     PISSN: 10465928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/prep.1996.0078     Document Type: Article

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