Purification of a biologically active recombinant glyceraldehyde 3-phosphate dehydrogenase from Candida albicans

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 179, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 61-65

  Villamón, Eva ^a   Gozalbo, Daniel ^a   Martínez, José P ^a   Gil, M Luisa ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Candida albicans; Glyceraldehyde 3 phosphate dehydrogenase; Recombinant protein; TDH1 gene

Indexed keywords

CYSTEINE; FIBRONECTIN; GLUTATHIONE TRANSFERASE; GLYCERALDEHYDE 3 PHOSPHATE; GLYCERALDEHYDE 3 PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE; HYBRID PROTEIN; LAMININ; NITRIC OXIDE; RECOMBINANT ENZYME;

AFFINITY CHROMATOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CANDIDA ALBICANS; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME MODIFICATION; ENZYME PURIFICATION; GENE EXPRESSION; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

CANDIDA ALBICANS;

EID: 0032819504     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1097(99)00391-2     Document Type: Article

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