In vitro folding and functional analysis of an anti-insect selective scorpion depressant neurotoxin produced in Escherichia coli

Protein Expression and Purification

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 123-131

  Turkov, Michael ^a   Rashi, Sharon ^a   Noam, Zilberberg ^a   Gordon, Dalia ^b   Khalifa, Rym Ben ^c   Stankiewicz, Maria ^c   Pelhate, Marcel ^c   Gurevitz, Michael ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b CNRS   (France)

^c Universite d'Angers   (France)

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EID: 0031172171     PISSN: 10465928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/prep.1997.0724     Document Type: Article

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