High-level expression and purification of the major birch pollen allergen, Bet v 1

Protein Expression and Purification

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 33-39

  Hoffmann Sommergruber, Karin ^a   Susani, Markus ^b   Ferreira, Fatima ^c   Jertschin, Peter ^b   Ahorn, Horst ^d   Steiner, Renate ^a   Kraft, Dietrich ^a   Scheiner, Otto ^a   Breiteneder, Heimo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b Advanced Biological Systems   (Austria)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SALZBURG   (Austria)

^d BOEHRINGER INGELHEIM RCV GMBH AND CO KG   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETULA PENDULA; BETULACEAE; CARPINUS; CASTANEA SATIVA; CORYLUS AMERICANA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FAGUS; PENDULA;

EID: 0031077774     PISSN: 10465928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/prep.1996.0671     Document Type: Article

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