Overproduction, purification and characterization of the HPB12-L24 ribosomal protein of Bacillus subtilis

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 145, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 41-48

  Zouine, Mohamed ^a   Beloin, Christophe ^a   Deneubourg, Anne Marie ^a   Hirschbein, Luisa ^a   Le Hegarat, Françoise ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SACLAY   (France)

Author keywords

Bacillus subtilis; Gel retardation; Histone like protein; L24 ribosomal protein; Nucleoid; Overproduction; Purification

Indexed keywords

AMMONIUM SULFATE; DNA; HISTONE; RIBOSOME PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; CELL STRUCTURE; DNA SUPERCOILING; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE; ION EXCHANGE CHROMATOGRAPHY; NONHUMAN; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRECIPITATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN PURIFICATION;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 0030589074     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0378-1097(96)00383-7     Document Type: Article

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