High-level expression of rat farnesyl:protein transferase in Escherichia coli as a translationally coupled heterodimer

Protein Expression and Purification

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 395-402

  Zimmerman, Karen K ^a   Scholten, Jeffrey D ^a   Huang, Chih Chin ^b   Fierke, Carol A ^b   Hupe, Donald J ^a  

^a PFIZER INC   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CODON; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FARNESYLTRANSFERASE; RECOMBINANT DNA TECHNOLOGY;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 0032420510     PISSN: 10465928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/prep.1998.0979     Document Type: Article

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