A Trypanosoma cruzi polyantigen obtained by gene fusion: Its expression in Staphylococcus aureus and rapid purification

Protein Expression and Purification

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 332-340

  Moreno, Juan Ignacio ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI KANSAS CITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

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EID: 0030293074     PISSN: 10465928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/prep.1996.0108     Document Type: Article

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