Expression, purification and characterization of recombinant C. Elegans UNC-18

Neurochemistry International

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 553-563

  Ogawa, Hisamitsu ^a   Hayashi, Nobuhiro ^a   Hori, Isao ^b   Kobayashi, Tatsuhiko ^c   Hosono, Ryuji ^d  

^a FUJITA HEALTH UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KANAZAWA UNIV SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^c FUJITA HEALTH UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^d KANAZAWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NERVE PROTEIN; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CONTROLLED STUDY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN PURIFICATION;

CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; SPODOPTERA FRUGIPERDA; UNIDENTIFIED BACULOVIRUS;

EID: 0030297090     PISSN: 01970186     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0197-0186(95)00012-7     Document Type: Article

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