Cloning of Chalcone-Flavanone isomerase cDNA from Pueraria lobata and its overexpression in Escherichia coli

Protein Expression and Purification

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 183-190

  Terai, Yoshiya ^a   Fujii, Isao ^a   Byun, Soon He ^a   Nakajima, Osamu ^a   Hakamatsuka, Takashi ^a,b   Ebizuka, Yutaka ^a   Sankawa, Ushio ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TOYAMA   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ESCHERICHIA COLI; LOBATA; PHASEOLUS VULGARIS; PUERARIA; PUERARIA MONTANA VAR. LOBATA;

EID: 0030250197     PISSN: 10465928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/prep.1996.0091     Document Type: Article

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