The quiescent-cell expression system for protein synthesis in Escherichia coli

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 65, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 2710-2715

  Rowe, Duncan C D ^a   Summers, David K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CELL PROTEIN; CHLORAMPHENICOL ACETYLTRANSFERASE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM MUTANT; BIOSYNTHESIS; ENZYME ASSAY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FERMENTATION; GENE EXPRESSION SYSTEM; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 0033009725     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aem.65.6.2710-2715.1999     Document Type: Article

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