Expression in Escherichia coli of the elongation factor 1β gene and its nucleotide T160C mutant from the archaeon Sulfolobus solfataricus

Protein Expression and Purification

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 1-6

  Ianniciello, Giuseppe ^a   Masullo, Mariorosario ^a   Raimo, Gennaro ^a   Arcari, Paolo ^a   Bocchini, Vincenzo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID ANALYSIS; CELL CULTURE; CLONE; CLONING; ELONGATION FACTOR; HEAT INACTIVATION; ISOPROPYL BETA DEXTRO THIOGALACTOPYRANOSIDE; MUTANT; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLASMID; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; THERMOSTABILITY;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; SULFOLOBUS SOLFATARICUS;

EID: 0032005692     PISSN: 10465928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/prep.1997.0806     Document Type: Article

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