Purification and biochemical properties of soluble recombinant human bax

Protein Expression and Purification

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 120-126

  Lewis, Shareta ^a   Bethell, Susanne S ^b   Patel, Sahil ^b   Martinou, Jean Claude ^a,c   Antonsson, Bruno ^a,c  

^a GLAXOSMITHKLINE   (United States)

^b GLAXOSMITHKLINE   (United Kingdom)

^c SERONO PHARMACEUTICAL RES INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; APOPTOSIS; PROTEIN KINASE; PROTEIN PURIFICATION;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 0032104498     PISSN: 10465928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/prep.1997.0871     Document Type: Article

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