Recombinant expression, purification, and characterization of three isoenzymes of aspartate aminotransferase from Arabidopsis thaliana

Protein Expression and Purification

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 381-389

  Wilkie, Susan E ^a   Warren, Martin J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

2 OXOGLUTARIC ACID; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ASPARTIC ACID; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; ENZYME ANALYSIS; ENZYME KINETICS; ENZYME PURIFICATION; GENE SEQUENCING; GLUTAMIC ACID; OXALOACETIC ACID; PLANT GENETICS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION;

ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); EMBRYOPHYTA; FELIS CATUS;

EID: 0032053022     PISSN: 10465928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/prep.1997.0845     Document Type: Article

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