Hyperproduction of recombinant ferredoxins in Escherichia coli by coexpression of the ORF1-ORF2-iscS-iscU-iscA-hscB-hscA-fdx-ORF3 gene cluster

Journal of Biochemistry

Volumn 126, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 10-18

  Nakamura, Minoru ^a   Saeki, Kazuhiko ^a   Takahashi, Yasuhiro ^a  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Assembly; Escherichia coli; Expression; Ferredoxin; Iron sulfur cluster

Indexed keywords

CYSTEINE; FERREDOXIN; IRON; IRON SULFUR PROTEIN; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIOPHAGE T7; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE CLUSTER; NONHUMAN; OPEN READING FRAME; PLASMID;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 0032868231     PISSN: 0021924X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.jbchem.a022409     Document Type: Article

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