Cloning, overexpression, and purification of cytosine deaminase from Saccharomyces cerevisiae

Protein Expression and Purification

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 173-184

  Hayden, Martha S ^a   Linsley, Peter S ^a   Wallace, Alison R ^a   Marquardt, Hans ^a   Kerr, David E ^a  

^a BRISTOL MYERS SQUIBB   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CLONING; CYTOSINE DEAMINASE; ENZYME PURIFICATION; FLUCYTOSINE; FLUOROURACIL; GENE SEQUENCING; PROTEIN EXPRESSION;

FUNGI; MYXOGASTRIA; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EID: 0032029743     PISSN: 10465928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/prep.1997.0839     Document Type: Article

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