Molecular cloning of the cowpea leghemoglobin II gene and expression of its cDNA in Escherichia coli. Purification and characterization of the recombinant protein

Plant Physiology

Volumn 114, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 493-500

  Arredondo Peter, Raúl ^a   Moran, Jose F ^a   Sarath, Gautam ^a   Luan, Peng ^a   Klucas, Robert V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID ANALYSIS; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; DODECYL SULFATE SODIUM; HEMOGLOBIN; HOMOGENEITY; ISOELECTRIC FOCUSING; LEGHEMOGLOBIN II GENE; MOLECULAR CLONING; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN; RNA; SOYBEAN; SPECTROMETRY; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; VIGNA UNGUICULATA;

EID: 0031153920     PISSN: 00320889     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1104/pp.114.2.493     Document Type: Article

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