Overexpression, purification, and characterization of recombinant Dictyostelium discoideum calcium-regulated 34,000-dalton F-actin bundling protein from Escherichia coli

Protein Expression and Purification

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 182-190

  Lim, Rita W L ^a   Fechheimer, Marcus ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); DICTYOSTELIUM DISCOIDEUM; ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 0031106370     PISSN: 10465928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/prep.1996.0692     Document Type: Article

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