Purification and biochemical characterization of the lambda holin

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 180, Issue 9, 1998, Pages 2531-2540

  Smith, David L ^a   Struck, Douglas K ^b   Scholtz, J Martin ^a,b   Young, Ry ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TEXAS A M COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; MEMBRANE PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIOPHAGE; BILAYER MEMBRANE; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; HUMAN; ION EXCHANGE CHROMATOGRAPHY; MOLECULAR CLONING; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); UNIDENTIFIED BACTERIOPHAGE;

EID: 0031957862     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.180.9.2531-2540.1998     Document Type: Article

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