Expression and purification of full-length human Bax α

Protein Expression and Purification

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 202-206

  Montessuit, Sylvie ^a   Mazzei, Gonzalo ^a   Magnenat, Edith ^a   Antonsson, Bruno ^a  

^a SERONO PHARMACEUTICAL RES INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

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Indexed keywords

CYTOCHROME C; ION EXCHANGE CHROMATOGRAPHY; MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; MITOCHONDRION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; SDS POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS;

EID: 0033102212     PISSN: 10465928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/prep.1998.1010     Document Type: Article

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